LIST 


OF 


CONVEYANCES 


MADE  TO 


CHARLES    HENRY  HALL 


AND  RECORDED  IN  THE 


OFFICE   OF  REGISTER 


OF  THE 


CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF  NEW  YORK, 

FROM  THE  1ST  DAY  OF  JANUARY,    1825,  TO  THE  1st  DAY  OF  JULY,  1845. 


NEW  YORK: 

A.  S.  GOULD,  PRINTER,  144  NASSAU  ST. 

1845. 


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LIST 

OF 

CONVEYANCES 

MADE  TO 

CHARLES    HENRY  HALL 

AND  RECORDED 

IN  THE  OFFICE  OF  REGISTER 

IN  THE 

CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF  NEW  YOUK, 

FROM  1ST  JANUARY,    1825,  TO    1ST    JULY,  1845. 


Lib.' 

Page. 

Grantors. 

Date  of  deed 

When  ack- 

When re- 

nowledged. 

corded. 

187 

406 

Richard  Dur- 

1825, 

1825, 

1825, 

yee  and  Wife. 

Feb.  2. 

Feb.  4. 

Feb.  18. 

187 

407 

Richard  Dur- 

1825, 

1825, 

1825, 

yee  and  Wife. 

Feb.  2. 

Feb.  4. 

Feb.  18. 

190 

394 

Samuel  Miner 

1825, 

1825, 

1825, 

and  Wife. 

April  18. 

April  18. 

May  31. 

190 

398 

JohnC  Smith 

1825, 

1825, 

1825, 

and  Wife, 

April  18. 

April  18. 

May  31. 

Henry  Smith, 

Henry  Ulrick 

and  Wife, 

Children  and 

heirs  of  Mar- 

tin Smith 

deceased. 

Deseription  of  premises. 


Strip  of  ground  in  8th  Ward, 
New  York,  on  Crosby  street. 


Lot  of  ground  in  8th  Ward, 
on  Crosby  street ;  also  adjoin- 
ing lot ;  also  another  adjoining 
lot  on  Columbia  street. 


Piece  of  land  in  9th  (for- 
merly 7th)  Ward  of  city  of  New 
York,  being  six  acres  on  Third 
Avenue,  (east  side,)  between 
lands  of  Thomas  Charles  Win- 
throp  and  heirs  of  Jacobus  Kip 
deceased. 


Three  undivided  fifths  of  six 
acres  of  land  on  east  side  of 
Third  Avenue,  between  lands  of 
Thomas  Charles  Winthrop  and 
heirs  of  Jacobus  Kip  deceased. 


LIST  OF  CONVEYANCES  MADE  TO   CHARLES  HENRY  HALL. 


Lib.  |Page. 


190  400 


190  396 


191  059 


Grantors. 

John  Fleming 
and  Wife. 


Willett  Sher- 
wood and 
Wife. 


Garret  Myer 
and  Wife. 


Date  of  deed 

When  ack- 

When re- 

nowledged. 

corded 

1825, 

1825, 

1825, 

April  18 

April  22. 

May  31. 

1825, 

1825, 

1825, 

April  29. 

April  30. 

May  31. 

1825, 

1825, 

1825, 

July  7. 

July  7. 

July  8. 

Description  of  premises. 

One  equal  undivided  fifth  in 
9th  (formerly  7th,)  Ward  of 
city  of  New  York,  of  six  acres 
on  Third  Avenue, 'between  lands 
of  Thomas  Charles  Winthrop 
and  heirs  of  Jacobus  Kip  de- 
ceased. 


Triangular  piece  in  8th  Ward, 
on  Crosby  street. 


All  those  certain  lots,  pieces 
or  parcels  of  land  situate,  lying 
and  being  in  the  9th  Ward  of 
the  city  of  New  York,  being 
part  and  parcel  of  the  farm  of 
which  John  Myer  the  elder,  the 
father  of  the  said  Garret  Myer,  died  seised,  following,  that  is  to  say  ;  all  that  certain  lot, 
piece  or  parcel  of  land  lying  on  the  south-easterly  side  of  the  Eighth  Avenue,  and  bounded 
as  follows,  viz. :  Beginning  at  the  easterly  corner  of  the  said  Avenue  and  the  road  leading 
from  Haerlem,  thence  running  along  the  said  avenue  »north  thirty-four  and  a  half  degrees 
east,  three  chains  and  nine  links  to  a  stake  and  stones  ;  thence  running  north  eighty-six  and 
a  half  degrees  east,  forty-four  chains  and  ten  links  to  Haerlem  River  ;  thence  running  along 
the  said  river  south  twenty-nine  degrees  and  a  quarter,  west  one  chain  and  twelve  links  ; 
south  twenty-five  degrees  east,  two  chains  and  filly  links  ;  south  twenty  and  a  half  degrees 
west,  two  chains;  south  thirty-seven  degrees  east,  two  chains  aud  ninety-six  links  to  a  stake 
and  stones  ;  thence  running  south  eighty-seven  degrees  and  three-quarters  west,  forty-six 
chains  and  twenty-five  links  to  a  stake  and  stones  on  the  north-easterly  side  of  the  said  road 
leading  from  Haerlem  ;  thence  running  along  the  said  road  north  fourteen  degrees  west, 
four  chains  and  forty-seven  links  to  the  place  of  beginning  ;  containing  thirty- two  acres  of 
land  be  the  same  more  or  less:  And  also  all  that  certain  other  tract,  piece  or  parcel  of  land, 
consisting  of  upland  and  salt  meadow  and  bounded  as  follows,  viz. :  Beginning  at  the  south- 
easterly corner  of  a  piece  of  upland  and  salt  meadow,  which  by  an  indenture  bearing  date 
on  the  third  day  of  March,  in  the  year  1820,  is  remised,  released  and  quit  claimed  unto 
Peter  Myer  (son  of  the  said  John  Myer,  the  elder,  deceased,)  at  a  stake  and  stones  standing 
at  the  edge  of  salt  meadow  belonging  to  John  Delancey  ;  thence  running  along  the  said  salt 
meadow  south  three  degrees  west,  one  chain  and  eighty-four  links  ;  south  forty-four  and  a 
half  degrees  west,  one  chain;  south  three  and  three-quarter  degrees  east,  one  chain  and 
eighty-four  links  ;  south  nine  degrees  and  one-quarter  east,  ninety  links  to  a  stake  and  stones  ; 
thence  running  south  eighty-five  degrees  and  a  quarter  west,  three  chains  and  fifty-four 
links  to  a  stake  and  stones  at  the  edge  of  the  salt  meadow ;  thence  running  along  the  same 
south  seven  aud  a  half  degrees  east,  one  chain  and  seventy  links  to  a  stake  and  stones  ; 
thence  running  south  eighty-four  and  a  half  degrees  west,  five  chains  and  sixty-eight  links 
to  upland,  which,  by  an  indenture  bearing  date  on  the  said  third  day  of  March,  in  the  year 
1820,  is  remised,  released  and  quit  claimed  to  the  children  of  Jacob  Myer  deceased  ;  thence 
running  along  the  same,  north  nine  degrees  west,  thirty-five  links  to  upland  belonging  to  the 
said  John  Delancey  ;  thence  running  along  the  same  north  seven  degrees  west,  one  chain 
and  twelve  links ;  north  thirty  degrees  west,  one  chain  and  ninety  links  ;  north  seventy-two 
degrees  west,  eighty-three  links,  south  eighty-three  degrees  and  a  half  west,  one  chain  and 
fifty-three  links  ;  north  three  degrees  east,  one  chain  to  a  stake  and  stones  ;  thence  running 
north  eighty-four  and  a  half  degrees  east,  eight  chains  and  sixty-six  links  to  a  stake  and 
stones  at  the  edge  of  the  upland  ;  thence  running  along  the  same,  north  three  degrees  east, 
three  chains  and  eighty  links  to  a  stake  and  stones  ;  thence  running  along  said  land  remised, 
released  and  quit  claimed  to  the  said  Peter  Myer  as  aforesaid,  north  eighty-three  degrees  and 
a  half  east,  four  chains  to  the  place  of  beginning  ;  containing  four  acres,  two  roods  and  four- 
teen perches  and  a  half  of  land,  be  the  same  more  or  less  ;  subject  to  easement  of  cart  way, 
road,  or  passage,  of  that  part,  &c.  last  mentioned,  consisting  of  salt  meadow  to  and  from  that 
part  of  the  said  farm,  &c.,  herein  first  above  mentioned,  which  lies  northerly  and  westerly 


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Lib.  jPage.!  Grantors. 


191 


193 


194 


195 


533 


Benjamin  L. 
Benson  and 
Mary  Benson 


Date  of  deed |  When  ack 
nowledged 


1825, 
July  6. 


1825, 
July  8 


When  re- 
corded. 


303 


Peter  Gerard 
Stuyvesant. 


Abraham 
Van  Ranst. 


1825, 
May  10. 


1825, 
May  17. 


1825, 
July  22. 


1825, 
May  19. 


Description  of  premises. 

of  the  lot,  &c  last  above  men- 
tioned, Sec  ;  and  also  the  ease- 
ment appertaining  to  the  piece 
of  land  last  described  of  a  cart- 
way, road  or  passage  to  and 
from  the  last  mentioned  lot, 
through  the  most  direct  route 
to  and  from  the  piece  first  de- 
scribed, through  and  over  that 
part,  &c.  first  mentioned,  con- 
sisting of  salt  meadow  lying  on 
the  south-east  side  of  the  ave- 
nue, which,  by  an  indenture 
bearing  date  3d  March,  1820, 
is  remised,  released  and  quit 
claimed  to  the  said  children  of 
the  said  Jacob  Myer  deceased, 
as  herein  before  mentioned,  so 
long  as  they  or  either  of  them 
shall  hold  the  same. 


AH  those  two  certain  pieces, 
parcels  or  tracts  of  land  situate, 
Sec.  in  the  9th  Ward  of  the 
city  of  New  York,  and  bound- 
ed as  follows,  viz  :  The  first 
piece  is  bounded  east  by  Haer- 
lem  River,  north  by  land  late 
of  John  Adriance,  south  by 
land  of  John  B.  Coles  and  the 
heirs  cf  John  S.  Sickels  de- 
ceased, southerly  and  westerly 
by  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
fifth  street  and  the  old  Kings- 
bridge  road.  The  other  piece 
of  ground  is  bounded  northerly 
by  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
fifth  street,  south  by  land  of 
?»Ir.  Van  Norden,  southerly  and 
westerly  by  the  old  Kingsbridge 
road,  containing  together  about 
forty-seven  acres. 


1825,    I     Agreement  to  sell  part  of  the 
Aug  3.    Petersfield  farm,  First  Avenue 
and  Stuyvesant  street. 


1825, 
Oct.  31. 


Eli  Concklin  \     1825,    !  1825, 
and  Wife.      June  29.  |   July  6. 


1825, 
May  20. 


Two  lots  near  Burnt  Mill 
Point;  Nos  1060  and  1061 
Stuyvesant  property,  fronting  on 
Twelfth  street. 


Lot  and  buildings  on  Crosby 
July  9.  street. 


LIST  OF  CONVEYANCES  MADE  TO  CHARLES  HENRY  HALL. 

Description  of  premises. 


Farm  in  the  township  of  Har- 
lem, bounded  southerly  on  land 
late  of  Lawrence  Benson,  eas- 
terly on  Harlem  river,  north- 
erly by  lands  of  Gabriel  Fur- 
man  and  Richard  Harrison,  and 
westerly  by  the  road  leading 
from  Harlem  to  the  Kings- 
bridge  road,  being  the  farm  sold 
to  J,  A.  by  Adolph  Myers 
executor,  &c.  of  Aaron  Bus- 
sing. 


Piece  or  tract  in  the  9th 
Ward  of  the  city  of  New  York. 
Beginning  at  that  point  on  the 
northerly  side  of  125th  street, 
where  the  line  of  the  land  of 
Benjamin  L.  Benson  and  the 
parties  of  the  first  part  inter- 
sect said  street ;  thence  east 
along  said  line  to  the  centre 
line  of  126th  street,  thence  eas- 
terly along  said  centre  line  to  a 
point  distant  west  from  the  wes- 
terly side  of  the  Fourth  Ave- 
nue one  hundred  and  ten  feet ; 
thence  southerly,  on  a  line  par- 
allel with  Fourth  Avenue  to  the 
centre  line  between  125th  and 
126th  streets ;  thence  west  a- 
long  said  centre  line  fifty  feet, 
thence  south  on  a  line  parallel 
to  the  Fourth  Avenue  to  125th 
street ;  thence  west  along  125th 
street  to  the  place  of  beginning, 
containing  about  twenty-five  lots 
of  2500  feet  each,  being  pTirt 
of  the  land  of  John  S.  Sickels 
deceased. 

Piece  of  ground  in  the  9th 
Ward  of  the  city  of  New  York, 
bounded  south  by  125th  street, 
north  by  the  centre  line  of  126th 
street,  north-westerly  by  Mr. 
Benson's  land,  and  easterly  by 
lots  lately  belonging  to  Mr.  Se- 
guine. 

Piece  of  land  in  the  9th  Ward 
of  the  city  of  New  York.  Eas- 
terly by  the  Fourth  Avenue, 
westerly  by  126th  street,  and 
north-westerly  by  the  line  of 
the  land  of  Benjamin  L.  Ben- 
son, containing  about  six  lots  of 
2509  square  feet  each,  together 
with  right  to  avenue  and  streets, 
part  of  estate  of  John  S.  Sick- 
els deceased. 


Tage 

Grantors. 

Date  of  deed 

When  ack- 

When re- 

nowledged. 

corded. 

440 

John  Adri- 

1825, 

1825, 

1825, 

ance. 

June  27. 

June  2/. 

July  9. 

442 

William  B. 

- 

1825, 

1825, 

1825, 

Kenyon  and 

June  29. 

July  1. 

July  9. 

wife,  by  Isaac 

Adriance,  at- 

torney. 

444 

John  Adri- 

1825, 

1825, 

1825, 

ance. 

July  7. 

July  8. 

July  9. 

445 

Isaac  Adri- 

1825, 

1825, 

1825, 

ance. 

June  29. 

July  1. 

July  9. 

7 


LIST  OF  CONVEYANCES  MADE  TO  CHARLES    HENRY  HALL, 


Lib. 

Tagc. 

Grantors. 

Date  of  deed 

When  ack- 
nowledged. 

When  re- 
corded. 

Description  of  premises. 

195 

447 

Jacob  Seguine 
and  Wife. 

1825, 
June  29. 

1825, 
July  1. 

1825, 
July  9. 

Ten  lots  in  the  9th  Ward  of 
the  city  of  New  York,  (bound- 
ed easterly  by  the  westerly  side 
of  the  Fourth  Avenue,  south- 
erly by  125th  street,  westerly 
by  land  of  La?titia  J,  Kenyon, 
northerly  by  126th  street  and 
the  centre  line  between  125th 
and  126th  streets,)  and  com- 
mences at  the  north-westerly 
corner  of  125th  street  and 
Fourth  Avenue,  running  thence 
westwardly  at  right  angles  with 
Fourth  Avenue  one  hundred 
and  sixty  feet  ;  thence  north- 
erly at  right  angles  with  last 
course  to  the  centre  line  be- 
tween 125th  and  126th  streets  ; 
thence  eastwardly  along  said 
centre  line  fifty  feet ;  thence 
northwardly  at  right  angles 
with  said  centre  line  to  the 
southerly  side  of  126th  street ; 
thence  eastwardly  along  the 
southerly  side  of  said  street  to 
the  westerly  side  of  the  Fourth 
Avenue ;  thence  southerly  a- 
long  said  westwardly  side  of 
Fourth  Avenue  to  the  place  of 
beginning,  being  property  con- 
veyed by  William  B.  Kenyon 
and  wife  to  party  of  first  part 
17th  March,  1825. 

195 

450 

Gabriel  Fur- 
man  and  Wife. 

1825, 
July  5. 

1825, 
July  6. 

1825, 
July  9. 

Piece  of  land  at  Harlem, 
bounded  easterly  by  the  Har- 
lem River,  southerly  by  land 
lately  sold  by  John  Adriance  to 
Charles  H.  Hall,  westerly  by 
land  of  Richard  Harrison  and 
Peter  Myers,  and  northerly  by 
land  of  Peter  or  Garret  Myers, 
including  the  purchases  here- 
tofore made  by  the  said  Ga- 
briel Furman  of  William  Law- 
rence, G.  Ludlow,  Master  in 
Chancery,  Peter  Myers  and 
others,  and  of  Peter  Myers, 
containing  forty  acres  and  three- 
quarters  of  an  acre  more  or 
less. 

196 

337 

Noah  Scovell 
and  David  P. 
Hall. 

1825, 
Nov.  6. 

1825, 
Nov.  28. 

0 

1825, 
Dec.  20. 

Forty-three  lots  on  Ninth  and 
Tenth  streets,  on  a  map  annex- 
ed marked  A. 

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Lib. 
197 

197 
197 
197 
197 
197 
197 
197 


Page 
65 


Grantors. 


Nicholas  Win 
Stuyvesant 
and  Wife. 


Nicholas  Wm. 
Stuyvesant 
and  Wife. 


'0  Nicholas  Wm 
Stuyvesant 
and  Wife. 


80 


198 


280 


Date  of  deed 

1825, 
Aug.  1. 


1825, 
Aug.  1. 


1825, 
Aug.  1. 


Nicholas  Wm.  1825, 
Stuyvesant  Aug.  1. 
and  Wife. 


Nicholas  Wm 
Stuyvesant 
and  Wife. 


i  (Nicholas  Wm 
Stuyvesant 


and  Wife. 


Nicholas  Wm 
Stuyvesant 
and  Wife. 


Nicholas  Wm. 
Stuyvesant 
and  Wife. 


Henry  Lynch. 


1825, 
Aug.  1. 


1825, 
Aug.  1. 


1825, 
Aug.  1. 


1825, 
Aug.  1. 


1825, 
Sept.  30. 


When  ack 
novvled<ied. 


1825, 
Aug.  10 


1825, 
Aug.  10 


1825, 
Aug.  10. 


1825, 
Aug.  10. 


1825, 
Aug.  10. 


1825, 
Aug.  10. 


1825, 
Aug.  10. 


1825, 
Aug.  10. 


1825, 
Nov.  30. 


When  re-  Description  of  premise?, 

corded. 

1825,         Block  between  Second  and 
Aug.  1J.    Third  Avenues  and  Sixth  and 
Seventh  streets. 


1825,        Block  between  Second  'and 
Aug.  11.    Third   Avenues,   and  between 
Seventh  and  Eighth  streets. 


1825,         Block  between  First  Avenue 
Aug.  11.    and  Avenue  A,  and  between 
Tenth  and  Eleventh  streets. 


1825,         Block  between  First  Avenue 
Aug  11.    and  Avenue  A,  and  Eleventh 
'  and  Twelfth  streets. 


1825,         Block  between  Avenue  A  and 
Aug.  11.    Avenue   B,    and  Tenth  and 
Eleventh  streets. 


1825,        Block   between   Avenue  A 
Aug.  11.   and  Avenue  B,  and  Eleventh 
and  Twelfth  streets. 


1825,         Triangular  piece  on  Bowery, 
Aug.  11.   Third    Avenue   and  Seventh 
street. 


1825,        Strip  composing  the  site  of 
Aug.  11.    Seventh  street  between  Second 
and  Third  Avenues,  subject  to 
right  of  corporation  to  take  for 
a  street. 


(Hermitage  tract.) 
1825,  Lots  Nos.  695,  696,  697, 
Dec.  20.  698,  889,  890,  891,  892,  Eighth 
Avenue  and  Fortieth  street, 
subject  to  a  mortgage  from 
Lynch  to  Norton.  The  wife  of 
grantor  on  same  instrument  re- 
leases her  dower.  % 


0 


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Lib. 

Page 

Grantors. 

Date  of  deec 

1  When  ack 
nowledged. 

When  re- 
corded. 

Description  of  premises. 

198 

285 

Henry  Lynch 

1825, 
Sept.  30. 

1825, 
Nov.  30. 

1825, 
Dec.  20. 

(Hermitage  tract.)  Lots  257, 
258,  259,  260  on  Forty-sixth 
street,  between  Ninth  and  Tenth 
Avenues  ;  393,  394,  395,  396 
on  Forty-first  street,  between 
Ninth  and  Tenth  Avenues, 
subject  to  mortgage  from  Lynch 
to  John  L.  Norton.  Wife  of 
Lynch  releases  her  dower. 

202 

21 

Thorn  asJGard- 
ner  and  Wife 

1825, 
Anril  18 

1826, 
Jan.  24. 

1826, 
r  eb.  o. 

One  equal  undivided  fifth  part 
of  land  in  12th  Ward,  New  York, 
bounded  north  and  east  by 
lands  of  Thomas  Charles  Win- 
throp,  on  the  south  by  lands 
of  Jacobus  Kip  deceased,  and 
on  the  west  by  Third  Avenue, 
containing  six  acres. 

202 

437 

Jacob  Sea- 
man and 
Wife. 

1826, 
March  14. 

1826. 
March  14 

1826, 
May  8. 

House  and  lot  137  Crosby 
street ;  on  Goerck's  map  num- 
bered 128. 

206 

83 

William  Dil- 
worth  and 
Wife  and 
Abraham 

Voorhes  and 
Wife. 

1825, 
Dec.  27. 

1825, 
Dec.  28. 

1826, 
June  16. 

Forty-four  lots  between  Tenth 
street  and  Stuyvesant  Creek 
and  Avenues  B  and  D. 

206 

177 

James  A. 
Hamilton  and 
Wife. 

1825, 
Dec.  29. 

1826, 
Feb.  16. 

1826, 
July  3. 

Twenty-five  lots  on  Rose  Hill, 
being  part  of  the  estate  of  Nich- 
olas Cruger  deceased. 

207 

163 

James  A. 
Hamilton  and 
Wife.  1 

1825, 
Jan.  3. 

1825, 
Jan.  3. 

1826, 
July  3. 

The  one  equal  undivided  half 
part  of  sixty-two  lots,  part  of 
the  Rose  Hill  farm.  Subject 
to  agreement  to  sell  two  of  said 
lots. 

207 

164 

James  A. 
Hamilton  and 
Wife. 

1825, 
Jan.  3. 

1825, 
Jan  3. 

t826, 
July  3. 

One  undivided  half  part  of 
fifty-six  lots  on  the  Third  Ave- 
nue, between  Twenty-third  and 
Twenty-fifth  streets,  subject  to 
the  rights  of  Oliver  E.  Cham- 
berlain, Morris  Reed  and  Ebe- 
nezer  Tall  man  to  the  premi- 
ses and  the  rents  and  profits 
thereof. 

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Lib. 


207 


Page. 


199 


207 


207 


203 


329 


Grantors. 


David  P.  Hall 


Elizabeth 
Pierce. 


Richard  Ha 
rison. 


Date  of  deed 


1826, 
May  13. 


1826, 
May  11. 


1826, 
July  9. 


When  ack- 
nowledged. 


1826, 
June  7. 


1826, 
May  11. 


1826, 
July  13. 


When  re- 
corded. 


1826, 
July  10. 


1826, 
July  10. 


1826, 
July  19. 


Description  of  premises, 


Reconveyance  of  lot  on  Cros- 
by street,  No.  151  on  Goerck'e 
map. 


Lot  on  Crosby  street,  No. 
151  on  Goerck's  map. 


Land  in  the  12th  Ward  of 
the  city  of  New  York,  convey- 
ed 17th  February,  1820,  by 
William  Lawrence  and  Wife 
to  the  party  of  the  first  part, 
beginning  at  the  road  now  or 
formerly  leading  from  land  of 
John  Myers  to  the  village  of 
Harlem,  thence  running  north 
eighty-seven  degrees  and  thirty 
minutes  east  twenty  chains  and 
ninety-seven  links  along  land 
now  or  formerly  of  said  John 
Myers  to  the  north-west  corner 
of  a  lot  of  land  formerly  be- 
longing to  John  Keese  and 
lately  to  Gabriel  Form  an,  thence 
along  the  west  line  of  the  said 
lot  south  two  degrees  and  thirty 
minutes  east,  seven  chains  and 
thirty-eight  links  to  the  south- 
west corner  of  said  lot  lately 
belonging  to  Gabriel  Forman, 
thence  along  land  now  or  for- 
merly of  John  Adriance  south 
eighty-eight  degrees  ten  miu- 
utes  west,  fifteen  chains  ;  then 
south  two  degrees  east,  twenty- 
five  links  to  the  said  road  ;  then 
along  the  same  northerly  as  it 
runs  to  the  place  of  beginning, 
containing  fourteen  acres,  one 
rood  and  thirty-one  perches  of 
land  be  the  same  more  or  less. 
Subject  to  a  right  of  way  gran- 
ted to  John  Keese  and  Gabriel 
Forman,  twenty-two  feet  wide 
along  the  southerly  side  of  the 
lot  hereby  granted. 


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207 


210 


211  384 


331 


448 


Grantors. 


James  A. 
Hamilton  and 
Wife. 


Date  of  deed  When   ack-  When  re- 
nowledged.  corded. 


1826, 
March  - 


1826, 
March  27. 


1826, 
July  19. 


William  H. 
Minturn  and 
Wife. 


Peter  Myer 
and  Wife. 


1826, 
Oct.  23. 


1826, 
May  2. 


1826, 
Oct.  23. 


1826, 
May  4. 


1826, 
Oct.  25. 


1826, 
Dec.  5. 


Description  of  premises. 


One  undivided  fourth  part  of 
block  of  ground  on  Rose  Hill 
farm,  on  Third  Avenue,  be- 
tween Twenty-third  and  Twen- 
ty-fifth streets.  Subject  to 
trusts,  &c,  set  forth  in  agree- 
ment between  the  parties  hereto 
of  the  first  and  second  parts, 

bearing  date  day  of   , 

1825. 


Lot  in  4th  Ward,  on  Water 
street. 


Land  in  the  12th  Ward  of 
the  city  of  New  York,  (being 
part  of  the  farm  of  which  John 
Myer,  the  elder,  died  seised,) 
bounded  as  follows :  beginning 
on  the  north-easterly  side  of  the 
road  leading  from  Harlem,  ad- 
joining land  belonging  to  the 
said  Charles  H.  Hall,  and  which 
was  lately  conveyed  to  him  by 
Garret  Myer ;  thence  running 
along  the  said  land  and  other  land 
belonging  to  the  said  Charles 
H.  Hall,  north  eighty-seven  de- 
grees and  thirty-five  minutes 
east,  twenty-four  chains  and 
twenty-two  links ;  south  two 
degrees,  eight  chains  and  thirty- 
seven  links  and  a  half  to  lands 
belonging  to  Harrison  ;  thence 
running  along  the  said  lands, 
south  eighty-nine  degrees  and  a 
half  west,  twenty-one  chains 
and  fifteen  links  to  the  said 
road  ;  thence  running  along  the 
said  road,  north  twenty-three 
degrees  and  one-quarter  west, 
four  chains  ;  north  twenty-one 
degrees  and  one-quarter  west, 
one  chain  and  eighty-four  links  ; 
north  fourteen  degrees  and  'three- 
quarters  west,  two  chains  and 
nineteen  links  to  the  place  of 
beginning  ;  containing  eighteen 
acres  and  twenty-four  rods  of 
land  more  or  less. 


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Lib. 

Page. 

Grantors. 

Date  of  deed 

When  ack- 
nowledged. 

When  re- 
corded. 

Description  of  premises. 

218 

26 

Thomas  H. 
Smith. 

1827, 
March  16. 

1827, 
March  19. 

1827. 
March  19. 

General  release  and  discharge 
of  debts  and  claims  on  real  es- 
tate and  personal  property,  and 
an  agreement  to  pay  off,  satisfy 
and  discharge  three  certain 
bonds  and  mortgages  executed 
by  the  said  Charles  Henry  Hall 
to  Nicholas  William  Stuyve- 
sant,  dated  on  or  about  the 
28th  day  of  September,  1824, 
for  the  sum  of  fourteen  thou- 
sand dollars  in  the  whole,  and 
which  will  become  due  and 
payable  in  the  year  1844,  with 
interest  at  seven  per  cent.,  which 
bonds  were  executed  to  secure 
the  payment  of  a  part  of  the 
purchase  money  of  six  blocks 
of  land  at  Branda  Mula  Point, 
this  day  conveyed  by  Hall  to 
Smith  ;  Also,  to  pay  off  a  bond 
and  mortgage  executed  by 
Charles  Henry  Hall  to  John 
McComb,  27th  October,  1824, 
for  three  thousand  five  hundred 
dollars*  or  thereabouts,  in  part 
payment  of  a  lot  of  land  on 
Broadway  and  which  has  since 
been  conveyed  by  Hall  lo  Smith. 

218 

155 

Benjamin  L. 
Benson. 

1827, 
March  12. 

1827, 
March  28. 

1827, 
March  30. 

Two  blocks  of  land  at  Har- 
lem ;  commencing  at  the  point 
where  the  middle  of  the  Fourth 
Avenue  is  intersected  by  125th 
street ;  thence  westerly  along 
the  line  of  the  centre  of  said 
125th  street  to  the  point  where 
the  said  street  is  intersected  by 
the  fifth  Avenue  ;  thence  north- 
erly along  the  line  of  the  cen- 
tre of  the  Fifth  Avenue  to  the 
point  where  the  same  is  inter- 
sected by  127th  street ;  thence 
easterly  along  the  line  of  the 
centre  of  127th  street  to  the 
point  where  the  same  is  inter- 
sected by  the  Fourth  Avenue  ; 
thence  southerly  along  the  line 
of  the  centre  of  the  Fourth 
Avenue  to  the  place  of  begin- 
ning. 

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Lib. 

Page. 

Grantors. 

Date  of  deed 

When  ack- 
nowledged. 

When  re- 
corded. 

Description  of  premises. 

219 

350 

Luke  Usher 
and  Wife. 

1827, 
April  16. 

1827, 
April  27. 

1827, 
May  1. 

The  undivided  four-fifth  parts 
of  piece  of  ground  in  8th  Ward 
on  Crosby,  Houston  and  Mul- 
berry streets. 

219 

351 

Cornelius  J. 
Tompkins  and 
Wife. 

1827, 
May  1. 

1827, 
May  L 

1827, 
May  L. 

Lot  125  on  Goerck's  map,  on 
Crosby  street. 

225 

220 

Jonathan 
Prescott  Hall 
and  Wife. 

1827, 
Sept.  18. 

1827, 
Sept.  20. 

1827, 
Sept.  20. 

Land  between  Second  and 
Third  Avenues,  touching  the 
old  eastern  post  road  and  Turtle 
Bay  Farm. 

228 

268 

Joseph  Dodge 
and  Wife. 

1.-27, 
Dec.  12. 

1827, 
Dec.  14. 

1827, 
Dec.  20. 

Two  lots  at  Corlears  Hook. 

229 

225 

Henry  Ward 
and  Wife. 

1828, 
Jan.  26. 

1828, 
Jan.  30. 

1828, 
Feb.  2. 

Eight  lots  on  Third  Avenue 
and  Forty-second  street. 

232 

357 

William  Wag- 
staff  and 
Wife. 

1828, 
Feb.  9. 

1828, 
March  5. 

1828, 
April  5. 

(Harlem )  Two  triangles. 
One  of  them  on  the  south  side 
of  the  old  Kingsbridge  road,  as 
laid  down  on  a  map  made  by  J. 
F.  Bridges,  April,  1827,  from  a 
survey  by  D.  Ewen,  in  March, 
1826,  opposite  to  lot  No.  200  ; 
bounded  on  the  south  and  west 
by  lands  of  William  Wagstaff, 
commencing  on  128th  street 
two  hundred  and  sixty-two  feet 
from  the  west  side  of  the  Sev- 
enth Avenue  ;  thence  west  sixty- 
three  feet  ;  thence  north  paral- 
lel with  Seventh  Avenue,  forty- 
two  feet  to  the  old  Kingsbridge 
road ;  thence  south-east  along 
the  said  road  to  the  place  of  be- 
ginning. The  other  triangle 
bounded  as  follows  :  Beginning 
at  the  south-easterly  corner  of 
the  Seventh  Avenue  and  127th 
street ;  thence  east  along  said 
127th  street  thirtv-eight  feet  : 
thence  north-west  along  the  old 
Kingsbridge  road  forty-eight  feet 
unto  the  Seventh  Avenue  ; 
thence  southerly  along  the  said 
avenue  twenty-four  feet  to  127th 
street  and  the  place  of  begin- 
ning. 

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Page 


464 


4GG 


329 


332 


Grantors. 


James  A. 
Hamilton 
and  Wife. 

James  A. 
Hamilton 
and  Wife. 


Mary  Jane 
De  Lancey, 
Edward 
Bullus 
and  Wife, 
John  Ellison 
and  Wife. 

Henrietta  El- 
lison, Caroline 
Matilda  Elli- 
son, Emily 
Ellison,  Wil- 
liam Ellison, 
Thomas  Ellt 
son,  Charlotte 
Amelia  Elli- 
son, by  Wm 
N.  Dyckman 
Guardian,  &c 


John  Adri- 
ance. 


Date  of  deed 


1828, 
April  7 


1828, 
April  7. 


1826, 
June  16. 


1826, 
July  1. 


1827, 
July  17. 


When  ack 
nowledged. 


1828, 
April  12. 


1828, 
April  12. 


1826, 
June  17. 
and 
1826, 
July  7. 


1826, 
July  7. 


When  re- 
corded. 


1828, 
April  22. 


1828, 
April  22. 


1828, 
March  15. 


1828, 
March  15. 


1827, 
Oct.  23. 


1828, 
March  28. 


Description  of  premises. 


Lot  713  Rose  Hill  farm. 


Lot  945  Rose  Hill  farm. 


Three  equal  undivided  ninth 
parts  of  houses  and  lots,  known 
on  a  map  of  the  lands  of  Al- 
derman Beekman  deceased  as 
lots  146  and  151  on  east  side  of 
Broadway. 


The  six  equal  undivided  ninth 
parts  of  house  and  lots  146  and 
151  on  Broadway,  (east  side) 
in  preceding  conveyance  descri- 
bed. 


Release  of  part  of  mortga- 
ged premises,  viz.,  all  that  piece 
or  parcel  of  land  bounded,  &c, 
as  follows  :  Beginning  at  a  point 
where  the  southwardly  side  of 
129th  street  is  intersected  by 
the  line  which  divides  or  for- 
merly divided  the  lands  con- 
veyed by  Benjamin  L.  Benson 
to  the  said  Charles  Henry  Hall 
from  the  lands  mortgaged  as 
aforesaid  (mortgage  of  27th 
June,  1825,)  ;  thence  westerly 
along  said  Benson's  line  to  the 
old  Kingsbridge  road  ;  thence 
northerly  along  the  said  road  to 
the  line  of  the  land  formerly 
belonging  to  Richard  Harrison, 
and  by  him  conveyed  to  the 
said  Charles  Henry  Hall ;  thence 
easterly  along  said  Harrison's 
line  to  129th  street  aforesaid  ; 
thence  easterly  along  the  south- 
erly side  of  129th  street  to  the 
place  of  beginning. 


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Lib. 

Pago. 

Grantors. 

Date  of  deed 

When  ack- 
nowledged. 

When  re- 
corded. 

Description  of  premises. 

237 

12 

Asahel  Lang- 
worthy 
and  Wife. 

1828, 
April  10. 

1828, 
April  30. 

1828, 
May  1. 

Five  lots  between  Second 
and  Third  Avenues  and  be- 
tween Twenty-third  and  Twen- 
ty-fifth streets  ;  Nos.  1,  2,  3,  4 
and  47  on  map  made  by  Fr. 
Nicholson  for  B.  P.  Cruger. 

237 

378 

Josiah  Sturges 
and  Wife. 

1828, 
April  25. 

1828, 
April  25. 

1828, 
May  30. 

The  one-fifth  part  of  a  piece 
of  ground  on  Crosby  and  Mul- 
berry streets. 

238 

216 

Robert  Lati- 
mer and  Wife, 
Sophia  Usher. 

1828, 
April  28. 

1828, 
May  30. 

1828. 
June  18. 

Lot  129  on  C.  T.  Goerck's 
map.  On  west  side  of  Crosby 
street. 

240 

268 

Luke  Usher 
and  Wife. 

1828, 
Aug.  6. 

1828, 
Aug  12. 

1828, 
Aug.  18. 

Three  lots  on  the  easterly 
side  of  Crosby  street ;  Nos. 
107,  108  and  109  on  a  map  by 
C.  T.  Goerck. 

241 

114 

John  Adri- 
ance. 

1828, 
Sept.  20. 

1828, 
Sept.  27. 

1828, 
Sept  30. 

Release  of  part  of  mortga- 
ged premises  from  mortgage  re- 
corded in  liber  81  of  Mortga- 
ges, page  464,  on  1st  July, 
1825.  All  that  part  of  said 
mortgaged  premises  bounded 
northerly  by  130th  street ;  wes- 
terly by  a  line  drawn  parallel  to 
the  Fourth  Avenue,  at  the  dis- 
tance of  two  hundred  and  thirty- 
five  feet  therefrom  ;  and  south- 
erly by  the  line  which  formerly 
separated  the  land  of  the  said 
John  Adriance  and  Benjamin  L. 
Benson. 

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Lib.  Page 


241 


300 


243 


243  137 


Grantors. 

John  Adri- 
ance. 


136 


243 


139 


James  Hooker 
4 


Date  of  deed 


1828, 
Oct  13. 


When  ack-  When  re- 
nowledged.  corded. 


1828, 
Oct.  16. 


1828, 
Oct.  16. 


James  Hooker 
and  Wife. 


1828, 
Dec.  1. 


1828. 
Dec.  1. 


Robert  L. 
Rcade. 


1828, 
Dec.  1. 


1828, 
Dec.  1, 


1828, 
Dec.  1. 


1828, 
Dec.  2. 


1828, 
Dec.  2. 


1828, 
Dec.  2. 


1828, 
Dec.  3. 


Description  of  premises. 

Release  of  part  of  mortga- 
ged premises  from  mortgage  re- 
corded liber  81  of  Mortgages, 
page  464.  All  that  part,  &c, 
described  as  follows,  viz. :  north- 
erly by  130th  street,  easterly 
by  a  line  drawn  parallel  to  the 
Fourth  Avenue,  on  the  westerly 
side  thereof,  at  the  distance  of 
two  hundred  and  thirty-five  feet 
therefrom  ;  westerly  by  a  like 
parallel  line  drawn  at  the  dis- 
tance of  three  hundred  and  ten 
feet  from  the  Fourth  Avenue, 
and  southerly  by  the  division 
line  between  the  lands  formerly 
of  Benjamin  L.  Benson,  now 
owned  bv  the  said  Charles  H. 
Hall,  and  the  lands  held  under 
the  aforesaid  mortgage  by  the 
said  John  Adriance. 


Triangular  piece  on  Seventh 
street,  Bowery  Road  and  Third 
Avenue. 


The  equal  undivided  half  part 
of  six  blocks.  The  first  be- 
tween Second  and  Third  Ave- 
nues and  Sixth  and  Seventh 
streets ;  the  second  between 
Second  and  Third  Avenues  and 
Seventh  and  Eighth  streets  ; 
the  third  between  Avenue  A 
and  First  Avenue  and  Tenth 
and  Eleventh  streets  ;  the  fourth 
between  Avenue  A  and  First 
Avenue  and  Eleventh  and 
Twelfth  streets ;  the  fifth  be- 
tween Avenue  A  and  Avenue 
B  and  Tenth  and  Eleventh 
streets  ;  and  the  sixth  between 
Avenue  A  and  Avenue  B  and 
Eleventh  and  Twelfth  streets. 


The  equal  undivided  half  part 
of  six  blocks  in  preceding  con- 


veyance described 


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Lib.  Page. 


244 


424 


245 


245 


18 


386 


Grantors. 


Nicholas  Wm 
Stuyvesant 
and  Wife. 


Thomas 
Eames  and 
Wife. 

Henry  Thom- 
as and  Wrife 


Date  of  deed 

1828, 
Dec.  23. 


1828, 
Aug.  15. 

1828, 
April  15. 


When  ack 
nowledged. 

1828, 
Dec.  30. 


1828, 
Aug.  15. 

1828, 
May  12. 

1828, 
Dec.  10. 


When  re- 
corded. 

1829, 
Jan.  2. 


1828, 
Nov.  21. 


1828, 
Dec.  27. 


Uesciiption  of  premises. 


Release  of  part  of  premises 
mortgaged.  (See  liber  84  of 
Mortgages,  page  66.)  Releases 
a  piece  of  ground  lying  on 
east  side  of  Third  Avenue,  be- 
tween Sixth  and  Seventh  streets, 
one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  wide 
on  Sixth  and  Seventh  streets 


Lot  on  C.  Goerck's  map,  No. 
124  on  Crosby  street. 


Three  triangular  pieces  of 
land ;  (distinguished  on  map 
annexed  of  exchange  of  pro- 
perty) ;  the  first  commencing 
at  a  point  in  the  north  line  of 
127th  street,  seventy-seven  feet 
and  ten  inches  eastwardly  from 
the  intersection  of  127th  street 
with  the  Fourth  Avenue  ; 
thence  still  eastwardly  along 
the  north  line  of  127th  street 
one  hundred  and  thirty -two  feet 
and  two  inches  ;  thence  north- 
wardly on  a  line  making  a  right 
angle  with  the  last  mentioned 
line  ninety-nine  feet  and  eleven 
inches,  and  from  thence  in  a 
straight  line  to  the  place  of  be- 
ginning, together  with  one-half 
of  127th  street  contiguous  ;  the 
second  commences  on  the  cen- 
tre line  between  127th  and 
128th  streets,  about  two  hun- 
dred and  eighteen  feet  eastward 
of  the  easterly  side  of  the  Fourth 
Avenue,  terminating  two  hun- 
dred and  thirty-five  feet  from 
easterly  line  of  Fourth  Avenue, 
and  from  thence  still  eastward 
about  sixteen  feet ;  from  thence 
northwardly  on  a  line  making 
a  right  angle  with  the  last  men- 
tioned line  about  twelve  feet, 
and  from  thence  in  a  straight 
line  to  the  place  of  beginning : 
the  third  commences  at  a  point 
in  the  centre  of  128th  street, 
about  four  hundred  and  sixteen 
feet  eastward  of  the  east  side 
of  the  Fourth  Avenue  ;  thence 
eastwardly  about  one  hundred 
feet ;  thence  in  a  line  nearly 
due  north  about  fifty  feet ;  and 
thence  in  a  straight  line  to  the 
place  of  beginning. 


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Lib.  Page. 


245 


547 


Grantors. 

Nicholas  Wm 
Stuyvesant 
and  Wife. 


248 


506 


Sarah  C,  Lud 
low. 


248 


508 


252 


66 


William  G. 
Bucknor. 


Nicholas  Wm 
Stuyvesant 
and  Wife. 


Date  of  deed  When   ack-  When  re- 
nowledged.  corded. 


1829, 
Jan.  1. 


1829, 
April  17. 


1829, 
April  17. 


1829, 
Jan.  16. 


1829, 
April  18. 


1829, 
April  18. 


1829, 
Jan.  19. 


1829, 
April  20. 


1829, 
April  20. 


Description  of  premises. 

Release  part  of  block  be- 
tween Second  and  Third  Ave- 
nues and  Sixth  and  Seventh 
streets,  mortgaged,  and  mort- 
gage recorded  in  liber  84  of 
Mortgages,  page  66.  Parallel- 
ogram released  is  seventy  feet 
four  and  a  half  inches  wide  on 
northerly  side  of  Sixth  street, 
ninety  feet  ten  and  a  half  inches 
deep,  and  the  easterly  line 
thereof  is  two  hundred  and 
ninety-five  feet  four  and  a  half 
inches  east  of  Third  Avenue. 


Lot  on  the  westerly  side  of 
Crosby  street,  near  Houston 
street,  124  on  C.  T.  Goerck's 
map,  which  premises  were  mort- 
gaged by  Hall  to  Sarah  C. 
Ludlow,  by  mortgage  recorded 
in  liber  122  of  Mortgages,  page 
234. 


Release  of  two  lots  corner  of 
Crosby  and  Houston  streets ; 
which  premises  or  a  part  thereof 
were  mortgaged  by  mortgage 
recorded  in  liber  104  of  Mort- 
gages, page  43,  and  the  mort- 
gage afterwards  assigned  (see 
liber  123  of  Mortgages,  page 
71,)  to  the  party  of  the  first 
part  :  said  premises  or  part 
thereof  also  mortgaged  to  the 
party  of  the  first  part.  (See 
liber  122  of  Mortgages,  page 
406.) 


Release  of  part  of  mortgage 
premises.  (Liber  84  of  Mort- 
gages, page  66.)  Ten  lets  num- 
bered 1,  6,  7,  30,  35,  36,  37, 
38,  39  and  40,  on  a  map  made 
by  Edward  Doughty,  January, 
1829,  on  Second  Avenue  and 
Sixth  street. 


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LIST  OF  CONVEYANCES  MADE  TO  CHARLES  HENRY  HALL. 


Lib. 

Page. 

Grantors. 

Date  of  deed 

When  ack- 
nowledged. 

When  re- 
corded. 

Description  of  premises. 

254 

306 

Oliver  M. 
Lownds,  late 
Sheriff,  &,c. 

1829, 
June  27. 

1829, 
Aug.  28. 

1829, 
Aug.  29. 

The  right,  title  and  interest 
which  Josiah  Sturges  had  on 
the  24th  December,  1819,  or 
afterwards,  of,  in  and  to  lot  on 
Crosby  and  Mulberry  streets. 

256 

635 

John  L.  Nor- 
ton. 

1829, 
Oct.  1. 

1829, 
Oct.  12. 

1830, 
Jan.  4. 

Release  of  part  of  premises 
mortgaged  by  Henry  Lynch  to 
the    party  of  the    first    part : 
(Liber  85  of  Mortgages,  page 
76.)    Lots  257,  258,  ^59,  260, 
393.  394,  395,  396,  695,  696, 
697,  698,  889,  890,  891,  892, 
on  the  Hermitage  Tract,  in  the 
Twelfth  Ward  of  the  city  of 
New  York. 

589 

Nicholas  Win. 
Stuyvesant 
and  Wife. 

1829 
May  19. 

ic^y , 
June  2. 

1  ftQfl 

J.OOU, 

March  10. 

Release  of  part  of  mortga- 
ged premises.     (Liber  240  of 
Mortgages,   page   294.)  Ten 
lots  numbered  1,  6,  7,  30,  35, 
36,  37,  38,  39  and  40,  on  a  map 
made    by    Edward  Doughty, 
January  8th,  1829,  on  Second 
Avenue  and  Sixth  street. 

260 

5 

Nicholas  Wm. 
Stuyvesant. 

1830, 
Feb.  24. 

1830, 
March  4. 

1830, 
March  13. 

Releases  block  between  Ave- 
nue   A    and    Avenue  B  and 
Tenth  and  Eleventh  streets  from 
the  payment  of  $3,750,  part  of 
$13,750,  the  consideration  ex- 
pressed in  a  mortgage  recorded 
liber  84  of  Mortgages,  page  77. 
Also    releases    block  between 
Avenue  A  and  Avenue  B  and 
Eleventh  and  Twelfth  streets 
from  the  payment  of  $3,750, 
part  of  $13,750,  the  considera- 
tion expressed  in  a  mortgage  re- 
corded in  liber  84  of  Mortga- 
ges,  page   80.     Also  releases 
block  between  Second  and  Third 
Avenues  and  between  Seventh 
street  and  Eighth  street  from 
the  payment  of  $4,500,  part  of 
the  consideration  of  Deed  Poll 
recorded  in  liber  127  of  Mort- 
gages, page  249,  and  also  of 
$10,000,  part  of  consideration 
expressed  in  Deed  Poll,  recorded 
in  liber  129  of  Mortgages,  page 
22,  to  the  intent  that  the  said 
last  described  block  of  land  may 
stand  charged  and  be  subject  to 
redemption    on     payment  of 
$30,000  and  no  more 

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LIST  OP  CONVEYANCES  MADE  TO  CHARLES  HENRY  HALL. 


Lib.  Page. 


405 


635 


162 


Grantors. 

Tunis  E. 
Dikeman 
and  Wife, 


Luke  Usher 
and  Wife. 


Date  of  deed  When  ack- 
nowledged. 


1830, 
April  13. 


Horatio  G. 
Wilkes,  Ad 
ministrator, 
&c,  of,  &a, 
Eliza  Ludlow 
deceased. 


Henry  Thom- 
as and  Wife 


1830, 
April  24. 


1830, 
June  24. 


163 


265 


165 


Harriet 
Davey. 


Heman 
Averill. 


1830, 
May  26. 


1830, 
May  26. 


1830, 
May  26. 


1830, 
April  14. 


1830, 
April  26. 


1830, 
June  28. 

1830, 
July  1. 


When  re- 
corded. 

1830, 
April  26. 


1830, 
May  10. 


1830, 
July  2. 


1830, 
July  13. 


1830, 
Aug.  17. 


1830, 
July  15. 


1830, 
Aug.  24. 


1830. 
Aug.  24. 


1830, 
Aug.  24. 


Description  of  premises. 

Confirmation  of  title  to  lot 
bought  of  Eli  Concklin,  on 
Crosby  street ;  (in  record,  Cras- 
berry  street  by  mistake)  ;  lot 
124  on  C.  Goerck's  map. 


Release  of  lot  on  Houston 
street,  near  Crosby  street,  from 
mortgage. 


Release  of  part  of  mortgaged 
premises.  Three  lots  on  the 
north-east  corner  of  Fourth  Av- 
enue and  Twenty-ninth  street, 
Rose  Hill. 


Conveyance  to  cure  indefi- 
niteness  in  deed  recorded  liber 
220,  page  387.  Right,  &c,  of 
parties  of  first  part  to  lot  on 
Crosby,  Houston  and  Mulberry 
streets. 


Part  of  lot  numbered  on  map 
by  C.  T.  Goerck  as  No.  129, 
on  the  westerly  side  of  Crosby 
street. 


Conveyance  to  cure  indefi- 
niteness  in  description  in  deed 
recorded  liber  220,  page  387. 
Lot  on  Crosby,  Houston  and 
Mulberry  streets. 


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Lib.  Page.      Grantors.      Date  of  deed  When   ack-   When  re-  Description  of  premises. 

nowledged.  corded. 


265 


265 


2C6 


267 


267 


166 


215 


143 


293 


Oliver  M. 
Lownds,  late 
Sheriff,  &c. 


Nicholas  Win 
Stuyvesant 
and  Wife. 


William  H. 
Butler  and 
Wife. 


Nicholas  Wm. 
Stuyvesant. 


Peter  Myer 
and  Wife. 


1830, 
May  1. 


1830, 
June  30. 


1830, 
May  26. 


1830, 
Nov.  30. 


1830, 

Oct.  i. 


1830, 
July  15. 


1830, 
Aug.  24. 


1830, 
July  7. 


1830, 
July  17. 


1830, 
Nov.  30. 


1830, 
Sept.  L. 


1830, 
Aug.  24. 


1830, 
Dec.  2. 


1830, 
Dec.  14. 


1830, 
Dec.  20. 


Conveyance  to  correct  errors 
in  deed  recorded  liber  254, 
page  306.  Right,  title  and  in- 
terest of  Josiah  Sturges  to  pro- 
perty on  Crosby,  Houston  and 
Mulberry  streets. 


Lots  numbers  97,  98,  99  and 
100  on  northerly  side  of  Sev- 
enth street,  on  map  made  by  E. 
Doughty,  January  8th,  1829. 


Conveyance  made  on  account 
of  supposed  indefiniteness  in  de- 
scription in  deed  recorded  in 
liber  220,  page  387.  Lot  on 
Crosby,  Houston  and  Mulberry 
streets. 


Release  of  part  of  mortga- 
ged premises.  Lots  64,  65  and 
66,  on  the  southerly  side  of 
Eighth  street,  lying  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  feet  three  inches 
east  of  Third  Avenue.  E. 
Doughty's  map,  January  8th, 
1829. 


Piece  of  land  in  the  Twelfth 
Ward  of  the  city  of  New  York, 
between  Seventh  and  Eighth 
Avenues  and  128th  and  129th 
streets  ;  beginning  at  the  south- 
westerly side  of  the  old  Harlem 
Road,  on  the  boundary  line  of 
the  land  of  William  Wagstaff 
and  the  said  Peter  Myer,  thence 
south  sixty-nine  degrees  and  for- 
ty-five minutes  west  along  said 
boundary  line  sixty-six  feet  nine 
inches  to  a  line  drawn  parallel 
to  the  E  ghth  Avenue,  at  the 
distance  of  two  hundred  and 
fifty-eight  feet  from  the  easterly 
side  thereof;  thence  north-east 
along  said  parallel  line  seventy- 
seven  feet  six  inches  to  the 
old  Harlem  Road  ;  thence  south- 
east along  said  old  road  forty- 
five  feet  to  the  place  of  begin- 
ning. 


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Lib. 


267 


Page 


379 


267 


492 


Grantors. 

James  C. 

Everitt 
and  Wife. 


Thomas  E. 
Davis 
and  Wife. 


267 


495 


Thomas  E. 
Davis 
and  Wife. 


267 


498 


267 


503 


Thomas  E. 
Davis 
and  Wife. 


Nicholas  Win 
Stuyvesant 


Date  of  deed  When   ack-   When  re- 
nowledged.  corded. 


1830, 
Dec.  20. 


1830, 
Dec.  21. 


1830, 
Dec.  20. 


1831, 
Jan.  1. 


1830, 
Dec.  31. 


183], 
Jan.  13. 


1830, 
Dec.  31. 


1830, 
Dec.  31. 


1831, 
Jan.  1 


1831, 
Jan.  1. 


1831, 
Jan.  13. 


1831, 
Jan.  13. 


1830, 
Dec.  27 


1830, 
Dec.  29. 


1831, 
Jan.  13. 


Description  of  premises. 

Lot  on  Chambers  street,  sub- 
ject to  bond  and  mortgage  $1500 
consideration  money. 


Two  lots  on  Bleecker  street, 
between  Thompson  and  Lau- 
rens streets,  part  of  the  estate 
of  H.  A.  Coster  deceased  ,  sub- 
ject to  two  mortgages,  made  by 
parties  of  the  first  part  to  Fran- 
cis Depau  for  $9000  each— 
$18,000,  part  of  consideration 
money. 


Two  houses  and  lots  on 
Bleecker  and  Minetta  streets, 
subject  to  a  mortgage  for  $5400 
to  Cornelia  Livingston,  for  part 
of  the  purchase  money. 


Lot  on  the  northerly  side  of 
Houston  street,  near  Laurens 
street,  subject  to  a  mortgage 
executed  to  Cornelia  Livingston 
for  $3000,  part  of  consideration 
money. 


Release  of  part  of  morfga- 
ged  premises.  Thirty-four  lots 
on  map  of  property  in  Eleventh 
Ward,  made  by  E.  Doughty, 
City  Surveyor,  January  8th, 
1829.  Nos.  52  to  63,  both  in- 
clusive, 67  to  82,  91  to  96,  all 
inclusive,  Second  and  Third 
Avenues,  and  Seventh  and 
Eighth  streets. 


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Lib.  Page.      Grantors.       bate  of  deed  When   ack    When  re-  Description  of  premises. 

novvledged.  coided. 


267 


505 


268 


268 


77 


Nicholas  Wm. 
Stuyvesant. 


1830, 
Dec.  27. 


1830, 
Dec.  29. 


John  Adri- 
ance. 


406 


William  Wag 
staff  and 
Wife. 


1830, 
Oct.  29. 


1830, 
Dec.  20. 


1830, 
Oct.  30. 


1830, 
Dec.  21. 


1831, 
Jan.  13. 


1830, 
Nov.  29. 


1831, 
Jan.  6. 


Release  of  part  of  mortga- 
ged premises.  Twenty-five  lots 
in  Eleventh  Ward.  On  E. 
Doughty's  map  numbered  8  to 
29,  both  inclusive,  and  31,  32, 
34,  Second  Avenue,  and  Sixth 
and  Seventh  streets. 


Release  of  part  of  mortga- 
ged premises.  Triangular  piece 
of  ground  in  the  Twelfth  Ward 
of  the  city  of  New  York,  bound- 
ed westerly  by  the  Fourth  Ave- 
nue ;  north-easterly  by  131st 
street ;  and  south  by  the  divi- 
sion line  of  the  lands  formerly 
of  the  said  John  Adriance  and 
Benjamin  L.  Benson. 


Triangular  piece  of  land  at 
Harlem,  between  Seventh  and 
Eighth  Avenues  and  128th  and 
129th  streets:  beginning  at  a 
point  equidistant  from  128th 
and  129th  streets,  at  the  dis- 
tance of  three  hundred  and 
twenty-five  feet  easterly  from 
the  easterly  side  of  the  Eighth 
Avenue,  thence  north-east  along 
a  line  drawn  parallel  to  said 
Eighth  Avenue  forty  feet  to  the 
south-westerly  side  of  the  old 
Harlem  Road,  thence  south- 
easterly along  the  said  old  road 
sixty-two  feet  to  a  line  drawn 
in  the  centre  between  said 
128th  and  129th  streets  and 
parallel  thereto  ;  thence  north- 
westerly along  said  line  fifty- 
seven  feet  to  the  place  of  be- 
ginning, together  with  part  of 
old  road  opposite.  Said  lot  be- 
ing part  of  lands  conveyed  by 
William  Molenaor  to  parties  of 
first  part. 


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Lib.  Page 


268 


268 


550 


269 


384 


269 


271 


Grantors. 


528   Nicholas  Wm 
Stuyvesant. 


421 


139 


Thomas  E. 

Davis 
and  Wife. 


Thomas  E. 
Davis 
and  Wife. 


Nicholas  Wm 
Stuyvesant. 


Jonathan 
Prescott  Hall 
and  Wife. 


Date  of  deed 


1830, 
Dec.  27. 


1830, 
Dec.  31. 


When  ack- 
nowledged. 

1830, 
Dec.  29. 


When  re- 
corded. 

1831, 
Jan.  20. 


1831, 
Jan.  1. 


1831, 
Feb.  1, 


1831. 
Feb.  - 


1831, 
Feb.  1. 


1831, 
Feb.  1. 


1831, 
Feb.  23. 


1831, 
Feb.  19. 


1831, 
Jan  24. 


1831, 
Feb.  19. 


1831, 
Feb.  23. 


1831, 
March  10. 


Description  of  premises. 

Release  of  lots  83,  84,  85, 
86,  on  a  map  of  C.  H.  HalTs 
property  in  Eleventh  Ward, 
made  by  E.  Doughty,  City  Sur- 
veyor, January  8th,  1829,  situ- 
ate on  north  side  of  Seventh 
street,  between  Second  and 
Third  Avenues  ;  from  mort- 
gage. 


Lot  on  the  easterly  side  of 
Bedford  street,  between  Han- 
cock and  Downing  streets,  New 
York  city.  Subject  to  a  mort- 
gage for  $3000,  executed  by  the 
parties  of  the  first  part. 


Lot  and  house  on  the  south- 
erly side  of  Bleecker  street,  be- 
tween Thompson  and  Laurens 
streets,  New  York  city.  Sub- 
ject to  a  mortgage  from  Davis 
to  executors  of  John  J.  Glover 
deceased  for  $8000. 


Release  of  part  of  mortga- 
ged premises.  Lots  on  Dough - 
tv's  map  of  January  8th,  1829. 
Nos.  44,  45,  46,  47,  48,  49,  50 
and  51,  Third  Avenue  and  Sev- 
enth street  ;  also  a  lot  on  north 
side  of  Seventh  street,  twenty 
feet  wide,  lying  seventy-five  feet 
east  of  Third  Avenue. 


Farm  No.  1  on  map  of  the 
division  of  Turtle  Bay  Farm. 
Subject  to  a  mortgage  executed 
by  J.  P.  Hall  to  the  Globe  In- 
surance Go.  for  $20,000. 


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Lib. 

Page. 

Grantors. 

Date  of  deed 

When  ack- 
nowledged. 

When  re- 
corded. 

Description  of  premises. 

274 

276 

James  Rogers 
and  Wife. 

1831, 
March  31. 

1831, 
April  2. 

1831, 
May  18. 

Lots  227,  228,  229,  230,  231, 
232  and  233,  being  parcel  No. 
17,  at  Harlem,  at  the  intersec- 
tion of  One  hundred  and  thirty- 
second  street  and  the  Sixth  Ave- 
nue.   Harlem  map. 

275 

337 

Thomas  E. 
Davis 
and  Wife. 

1831, 
Feb.  1. 

1831, 
Feb.  4. 

1831, 
June  4. 

Lot  on  Houston  street,  be- 
tween Crosby  and  Mulberry 
streets.  Subject  to  a  mortgage 
from  Thomas  E.  Davis  to  the 
Eagle  Insurance  Company  for 
$11,000. 

275 

339 

Thomas  E. 

Davis 
and  Wife. 

1831, 
Feb.  1. 

1831, 
March  2. 

1831, 
June  4. 

House  and  lot  on  the  south- 
east corner  of  Bleecker  and 
Thompson  streets. 

276 

313 

Jacob  H. 
Strever. 

1831, 
July  6. 

1831, 
July  6. 

1831, 
Aug.  29. 

Surrender  of  lease,  dated  2d 
April,  1827,  of  lot  No.  112,  in 
said  lease  mentioned. 

279 

4bb 

Stephen  Rich- 
ard and  Wife. 

1829, 
Dec.  15. 

1832, 
Feb.  23. 

1832, 
March  8. 

Lots  numbers  870,  871,  874, 
875,  872,  873,  906,  907,  908, 
909,  910  and  911,  being  par- 
cels numbers  87  and  88  at 
Harlem,  between  the  Fourth 
and  Fifth  Avenues  and  128th 
and  129th  streets.  Harlem  map. 

281 

480 

Thomas  E. 
Davis 
and  Wife. 

1832, 
Feb.  3. 

1832, 
Feb.  15. 

1832, 
Feb.  17. 

Three  lots  on  the  northerly 
side  of  North  street ;  Nos. 
453,  445  and  437  on  a  map 
made  by  T.  R.  Ludlum,  City 
Surveyor,  April,  1827.  Sub- 
ject to  two  mortgages  made  by 
Abraham  Randolph,  for  $5500 
and  for  $500,  both  of  which 
constitute  part  of  the  conside- 
ration money  of  this  deed  ;  and 
also  subject  to  a  lease  of  the 
two  lots  453  and  445  for  ten 
years  from  1st  May,  1832. 

4 


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Lib. 

Page. 

Grantors. 

Date  of  deed 

When  ack- 
nowledged. 

When  re- 
corded. 

Description  of  premises. 

282 

252 

George  Gal- 
lagher 
and  Wife. 

1831, 
Feb.  1. 

1831, 
April  1. 

1832, 
March  9. 

Triangular  piece  of  ground 
on  the  westerly  side  of  Hudson 
street,  between  Chamber  and 
Reade  streets. 

282 

255 

Ellis  Potter  of 

first  part, 
Edward  Hoff- 
mire  of  second 
part  and 
Charles  H. 
Hall  of  third 
part. 

1832, 
Feb.  8. 

1832, 
March  9. 

1832, 
March  9. 

Articles  of  agreement  in  re- 
ference to  error  in  assignments 
of  leases  of  lots  on  Chambers 
street,  made  by  the  party  of 
the  third  part  to  the  parties  of 
the  first  and  second  parts  re- 
spectively. Ellis  Potter  also 
agrees  to  pay  off  and  discharge, 
and  to  save  harmless,  the  par- 
ties of  the  second  and  third 
parts  from  a  mortgage  executed 
by  the  said  Charles  H.  Hall  to 
George  Gallagher,  1st  Febru- 
ary, 1831,  for  $9000. 

282 

259 

George  Gal- 
lagher. 

1831, 
Feb.  1. 

1831, 
May  3. 

1832, 
March  9. 

Assignment  of  lease  of  lot 
number  635,  on  "  map  of  the 
Church  Farm,"  dated  30th  Jan., 
1811,  and  made  between  the 
rector  and  inhabitants  of  the 
city  of  New  York  in  commu- 
nion of  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church  in  the  State  of  New 
York  and  John  B.  Murray,  for 
forty-two  years.  Subject  to 
rents,  &c,  in  said  lease  re- 
served. 

284 

106 

Nicholas  Wm. 
Stuyvesant. 

1832, 
April  5. 

1832, 
April  5. 

1832, 
April  6. 

Release  of  block  between  the 
First  Avenue  and  Avenue  A, 
and  between  Eleventh  and 
Twelfth  streets,  from  a  mort- 
gage recorded  in  liber  122  of 
Mortgages,  page  272,  and  the 
assignment  thereof  recorded  in 
liber  122  of  Mortgages,  page 
469,  on  which  there  is  now  de- 
clared to  be  due  only  $5000, 
and  which  sum  is  hereby  char- 
ged upon  the  three  other  blocks 
in  said  mortgage  described. 
This  release  is  declared  to  be 
without  prejudice  to  a  mort- 
gage recorded  in  liber  137  of 
mortgages,  page  369,  for  $17,- 
500,  and  which  is  still  an  in- 
cumbrance on  the  said  block  of 
land. 

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Lib 

Pag( 

Grantors. 

Date  of  dee 

d  When  ack 
nowledged 

-  When  re- 
corded. 

Description  of  premises. 

286 

198 

J.  F.  Hance. 

1831, 
May  16. 

1831, 
May  16. 

1832, 
May  17. 

Release  of  lot  on  the  south- 
erly side  of  Tenth  street ;  No. 
Ill    on   Scovell's  map,  from 
mortgage  and  also  of  right  of 
mortgagee  to  a  lease  of  said 
lot   executed   by   Charles  H. 
Hall  to  W.  Piatt  and  C.  Had- 
den. 

291 

141 

Nicholas  Wm 
Stuyvesant. 

1832, 
Nov.  27. 

1832, 
Nov.  28. 

1832, 
Nov.  28. 

Block   of   ground  between 
Avenue  A  and  Avenue  B,  and 
Eleventh  and  Twelfth  streets. 

291 

352 

Nicholas  Wm. 
Stuyvesant. 

1833, 
Jan.  11. 

1833, 
Jan.  12. 

1833, 
Jan.  14. 

Release  of  part  of  mortga- 
ged premises.    Block  of  ground 
between  Avenue  A  and  Ave- 
nue B,  and  Tenth  and  Eleventh 
street. 

294 

526 

Horatio 
Wilkes,  Ad- 
ministrator, 
&c,  of  Eliza 

Ludlow 
deceased. 

1833, 
March  13. 

1833, 
March  22. 

1833, 
April  5. 

Release  of  part  of  mortga- 
ged premises.     Lots  Nos.  16, 
i/,  lo  on  .First  Avenue; 
23,  24,  25,  26,  27  and  28  on 
Twenty-third  street ;  85,  86  and 
87  on  Second  Avenue.    Map  of 
Rose  Hill  Farm. 

298 

79 

Luke  Usher 
and  Wife. 

1833, 
April  6. 

1833, 
April  20. 

1833, 
May  1. 

Reconveyance  of  lots  num- 
bers 561,  562,  563,  564,  565 
and  566,  being  parcel  number 
84  at  Harlem,  on  the  south- 
west corner  of  Fifth  Avenue 
and  129th  street.    Harlem  map. 

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Lib. 
301 

Page. 
92 

Grantors. 

Thomas  E. 
Davis 
and  Wife. 

Date  of  deed 

1833, 
June  1 . 

When  ack- 
nowledged. 

1833, 
June  14. 

When  re- 
corded. 

1833, 
June  20. 

Description  of  premises. 

House  and  lot  on  the  south- 
erly side  of  Eighth  street,  be- 
tween the  Second  and  Third 
Avenues. 

301 

94 

Thomas  E. 
Davis 
and  Wife. 

1833, 
June  — . 

1833, 
June  14. 

1833, 
June  20. 

Five  houses  and  lots  on  the 
westerly  side  of  Greene  street, 
near  Bleecker  street.  Subject 
to  five  mortgages  for  the  aggre- 
gate sum  of  $20,000. 

301 

214 

Thomas  E. 
Davis 
and  Wife. 

1833, 
July  3. 

1S33, 
July  3. 

1833, 
July  6. 

Lot  with  building  thereon  on 
the  northerly  side  of  Eighth 
street,  between  the  Second  and 
Third  Avenues. 

301 

217 

Thomas  E. 

Davis 
and  Wife. 

1833, 
July  3. 

1833, 
July  3. 

1833, 
July  6. 

Lot  and  building  on  the  north- 
erly side  of  Eighth  street,  be- 
tween the  Second  and  Third 
Avenues. 

302 

119 

Thomas  E. 
Davis 
and  Wife. 

1833, 
June  1. 

1833, 
June  15. 

1833, 
June  21. 

Lot  extending  from  Pearl  to 
Bridge  streets.  Subject  to  a 
mortgage  for  $10,000  to  A,  N. 
Lawrence  and  others,  execu- 
tors, &c. 

302 

121 

Thomas  E. 
and  Wife. 

1833, 
J  une  1. 

1833, 
June  14. 

1833, 
Tnnn  21 

Lot  on  the  south-westerly 
corner  oi  rrince  aim  cum  van 
streets.  Subject  to  a  mortgage 
to  Daniel  W.  Kissam,  Jr.,  and 
others  for  $4000. 

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LIST  OF  CONVEYANCES   MADE   TO   CHARLES   HENRY  HALL. 

Grantors.      Date  of  deed  When   nek-'  When  re-  Description  of  premises. 


William 
Wagstaff 
and  Wife, 


Date  of  deed 

When  ack- 

nowledL'cd. 

1833, 

1833, 

May  1. 

1  r/::: 

June  17. 

corded 

1833, 
June  26. 


4,  G, 


Sixty-two  lots  on  a  ma])  of  a 
tract  of  land  at  Manhattanville, 
in  the  Twelfth  Ward  of  the 
city  of  New  York,  the  property 
of  William  Wagstaff,  surveyed 
10th  September,  1826,  by  A. 
Loss  and  F.  R.  Hassler,  City 
Surveyors,  as  parcels  numbered 
numbered  38  and  39,  and  two 


7,  12,  13,  21,  22,  23,  30,  3G,  37,  and  part  of  parcel 
other  parcels  not  numbered  on  said  map,  one  of  which  contains  four  and  the  other  six  lots. 
Parcels  3G  and  37,  and  parts  of  parcels  38  and  39,  contain  together  ten  lots,  and  taken 
together  are  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet  wide  on  124th  and  125th  streets,  and  have 
their  easterly  line  seventy-five  feet  west  of  the  Seventh  Avenue  and  parallel  thereto.  The 
parcel  numbered  30,  containing  4  lots,  bounded  northerly  by  125th  street,  southerly  by  124th 
street,  Westerly  by  a  line  drawn  parallel  to  the  Eighth  Avenue,  distant  three  hundred  feet 
from  the  easterly  side  thereof ;  and  easterly  by  a  line  drawn  parallel  to  said  Eighth  Avenue, 
distant  three  hundred  and  fifty  feet  therefrom.    Parcels  numbered  21,  22  and  23  contain 
together  twelve  lots,  are  bounded  northerly  by  124th  street,  southerly  by  123d  street,  eas- 
terly by  a  line  drawn  parallel  to  the  Eighth  Avenue,  distant  two  hundred  and  fifty  feet  from 
the  easterly  side  thereof,  and  westerly  by  a  like  parallel  line,  distant  one  hundred  feet  from 
the  easterly  side  of  said  Eighth  Avenue.    The  parcels  numbered  12  and  13,  containing  toge- 
ther eight  lots,  are  bounded  northerly  by  124th  street,  southerly  by  123d  street,  easterly  by 
a  line  drawn  parallel  to  the  Seventh  Avenue,  distant  one  hundred  feet  from  the  westerly 
side  thereof,  and  westerly  by  a  like  parallel  line  to  the  said  Seventh  Avenue,  at  the  distance 
of  two  hundred  feet  therefrom.    The  parcels  numbered  G  and  7,  containing  twelve  lots,  and 
a  parcel  not  numbered  on  said  map  but  lying  southerly  from  parcel  number  8,  and  contain- 
ing four  lots,  are  bounded  as  follows  :  beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  side  of  123d 
street,  distant  three  hundred  feet  easterly  from  the  Eighth  Avenue  ;  thence  easterly  along 
123d  street  two  hundred  feet  to  parcel  numbered  8  ;  thence  southerly  and  parallel  to  Eighth 
Avenue  one  hundred  feet ;  thence  easterly  at  right  angles  to  said  Eighth  Avenue  one  hun- 
dred feet;  thence  southerly  and  parallel  to  Eighth  Avenue  seventy  feet  to  the  land  of  the 
heirs  of  Sampson  Benson  ;  thence  south  sixty-nine  degrees  thirty  minutes  west,  eighty  feet 
to  Benson's  Lane  ;  thence  north  thirty-three  degrees  west,  along  said  lane,  two  hundred  and 
seventy-five  feet  be  the  same  more  or  less  to  parcel  number  5  ;  thence  northerly  and  paral- 
lel to  Eighth  Avenue  one  hundred  and  twenty-eight  feet  to  the  place  of  beginning.  The 
parcel  numbered  4,  containing  six  lots,  is  bounded  as  follows :  beginning  at  a  point  on  the 
southerly  side  of  123d  street,  distant  one  hundred  feet  from  the  easterly  side  of  the  Eighth 
Avenue  ;  thence  southerly  and  parallel  to  Eighth  Avenue  two  hundred  and  ten  feet  to  Ben- 
son's lane  ;  thence  north  seventy-one  degrees  east  along  said  lane  one  hundred  and  fifty-five 
feet  more  or  less  to  parcel  number  5  ;  thence  northerly  along  said  parcel  and  parallel  to 
Eighth  Avenue,  and  at  the  distance  of  two  hundred  feet  from  the  easterly  side  of  said  ave- 
nue eighty-six  feet  to  123d  street ;  thence  westerly  along  123d  street  one  hundred  feet  to  the 
place  of  beginning.    Also,  six  lots  not  numbered  on  said  map  but  adjoining  parcel  number 
40,  bounded  as  follows  :  beginning  at  a  point  on  the  southerly  side  of  125th  street,  distant 
one  hundred  feet  from  the  easterly  side  of  the  Seventh  Avenue  :  thence  easterly  along  125th 
street  ninety-three  feet  to  the  land  of  the  heirs  of  Sampson  Benson  ;  thence  south  sixty- 
nine  degrees  thirty  minutes  west  along  said  land  two  hundred  and  fifty  feet  to  124th  street  ; 
thence  westerly  along  124th  street  forty-eight  feet  to  the  Seventh  Avenue  ;  thence  northerly 
along  the  Seventh  Avenue  one  hundred  and  one  feet ;  thence  easterly  at  right  angles  one 
hundred  feet ;  thence  northerly  and  parallel  with  Seventh  Avenue  one  hundred  feet  to  the 
place  of  beginning,  together  with  half  of  avenues  and  streets  in  front  of  said  parcels  and 
lots.    Also,  seventy- eight  lots,  bounded  northerly  by  127th  street,  four  hundred  and  fifty 
feet ;  southerly  by  125th  street,  five  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet ;  easterly  by  Seventh 
Avenue,  four  hundred  and  fifty-nine  feet ;  and  westerly  as  follows  :  beginning  at  a  point  on 
the  northerly  side  of  125th  street,  distant  two  hundred  and  seventy-five  feet  from  the  eas- 
terly side  of  the  Eighth  Avenue  ;  thence  northerly  and  parallel  to  said  Eighth  Avenue,  two 
hundred  and  twenty-nine  feet  and  six  inches  to  the  middle  of  126th  street  ;  thence  easterly 
along  the  middle  of  said  street  seventy-five  feet ;  thence  northerly  and  parallel  to  said 


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LIST  OF  CONVEYANCES  MADE  TO  CHARLES  HENRY  HALL. 

Eighth  Avenue  two  hundred  and  twenty-nine  feet  and  six  inches  to  127th  street.  Also, 

the  whole  of  the  block  of  ground  between  127th  and  128th  streets  and  the  Seventh  and 
Eighth  Avenues,  excepting  those  five  lots  bounded  northerly  by  128th  street,  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  feet  ;  southerly  by  a  line  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet  in  length  and 
drawn  equidistant  from  and  parallel  to  127th  and  128th  streets  ;  and  easterly  by  a  line 
drawn  parallel  to  Eighth  Avenue,  distant  one  hundred  and  twenty  125  feet  from  the  easterly 
side  thereof ;  and  westerly  by  the  Eighth  Avenue.  Also,  twelve  lots,  beginning  at  a  point 
on  the  northerly  side  of  128th  street,  distant  two  hundred  and  fifty-eight  feet  from  the  eas- 
terly side  of  Eighth  Avenue  ;  thence  northerly  and  parallel  to  said  Eighth  Avenue  two  hun- 
dred feet  to  129th  street ;  thence  easterly  along  129th  street  sixty-seven  feet ;  thence  south- 
erly and  parallel  to  Eighth  Avenue  one  hundred  feet ;  thence  easterly  and  at  right  angles 
with  Eighth  Avenue  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet ;  thence  southerly  and  parallel  to  said 
avenue  one  hundred  feet  to  128th  street ;  thence  westerly  along  said  street  two  hundred 
and  seventeen  feet  to  the  place  of  beginning:  Also,  sixty-eight  lots,  bounded  as  follows: 
beginning  at  the  north-east  corner  of  125th  street  and  the  Seventh  Avenue  ;  thence  eas- 
terly along  said  street  two  hundred  and  fifty-nine  feet  to  land  of  the  heirs  of  Sampson 
Benson  ;  thence  north  sixty-nine  degrees  thirty  minutes  east  along  said  land,  five  hundred 
and  twelve  feet  more  or  less  to  the  middle  of  the  old  Kingsbridge  and  Harlem  Road ; 
thence  northerly  along  the  middle  of  said  road  sixty-two  feet  to  127th  street ;  thence  wes- 
terly along  127th  street  five  hundred  and  ten  feet  to  the  Seventh  Avenue  ;  thence  south- 
erly along  Seventh  Avenue  four  hundred  and  fifty-nine  feet  to  the  place  of  beginning. 
Subject  to  the  following  mortgages,  executed  bv  the  parties  of  the  first  part : 

One  to  Charity  C.  and  Mary  Clark  for  $7,515,  liber  98  of  Mortgages,  page  17. 

One  to  Francis  Finlay  for  $2,000,    „  124  „  „  220. 

One  to  Susan  Ledyard  for  $700,    „   139  „  34. 

One  to         do  $350,    „   143  „  »  162. 

One  to         do  $2,000,    „   147  „  ,,  462. 

One  to         do  $2,420,    „   154  „  „  428. 


And  amounting  together  to  $14,985. 


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LIST  OF  CONVEYANCES  MADE  TO  CHARLES  HENRY  HALL. 


Lib. 

Page. 

Grantors. 

Date  of  deed 

When  ack- 
nowledged. 

Wlien  re- 
corded. 

Description  of  premises. 

302 

316 

Stephen  Rich- 
ard and  Wife. 

1833, 
June  11. 

1833, 
July  9. 

1833, 
July  20. 

Sixteen  lots  at  Harlem.  Lo(« 
Nob.  192,  193,  194.  195,  «196, 
197,  198,  199,  200,  458,  459, 
4G0,  461,  462,  463  and  464,  on 
Harlem  map  ;  together  with  tho 
right  of  parties  of  first  part  to 
the  old  Kingsbridge  Road  oppo- 
site said  lots. 

302 

431 

Benjamin 
Hyde  and 
Wife,  and 
Stephen  Hyde 
and  Wife. 

1833, 
July  29. 

1833, 
July  29. 

1833, 
Aug.  1. 

Six  lots  at  Harlem.  Lots 
numbers  535,  536,  537,  576, 
577  and  578,  being  parcel  No. 
78  on  Harlem  map. 

308 

35 

Aaron  Dexter 
and  Wife. 

1833, 
Dec.  30. 

1833, 
Dec.  30. 

1834, 
Jan.  7. 

Eight  lots  at  Harlem,  at  the 
corner  of  Seventh  Avenue  and 
132d  street.  Lots  numbers  8, 
9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14  and  15, 
being  parcel  No.  2  on  Harlem 
map. 

309 

583 

Thomas  E. 
Davis  and 
Wife. 

1833, 
June  13. 

1833, 
June  14. 

1834, 
April  28. 

House  and  lot  number  14 
Broadway,  New  York  city. 
Subject  to  a  mortgage  from 
Seth  P.  Staples  to  Francis  De- 
pau  for  $12,000. 

314 

1 

Hamilton 
Murray. 

1834, 
April  13. 

1834, 
April  28. 

1834, 
May  2. 

Release  of  part  of  mortga- 
ged premises.  Block  between 
131st  and  I32d  streets,  and 
Sixth  and  Seventh  Avenues, 
containing  sixty-four  lots  of 
land. 

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Lih.  Page 


315 


84 


Grantors. 


Stephen 
Kings]  and 
and  Wife. 


3L 


315 


(J4 


258 


Joseph  G. 
Russell,  by  his 

attorney  in 
fact,  Stephen 
Kingsland, 
and  Jane, 
wife  of  said 
Russell. 

Daniel  P. 
In  grab  am. 


Date  of  deed  When   act-  When  re- 
nowledged.  corded. 


1834, 
Mayl. 


1834, 
May  1, 


1834, 
April  16. 


1834, 
May  IG 


1834, 
May  16. 


1834, 
April  16. 


1834, 
May  16. 


1834, 
May  16. 


1834, 
une  17. 


Description  of  premises. 

Reconveyance  of  eight  lots  at 
Harlem,  bounded  as'  follows  ; 
beginning  at  a  point  on  the 
northerly  side  of  129th  street, 
one  hundred  and  five  feet  west 
of  the  Fourth  Avenue,  (adjoin- 
ing land  heretofore  conveyed  to 
Joseph  G.  Russell,)  thence  north- 
erly along  the  land  of  said  Rus- 
sell one  hundred  and  ninety- 
nine  feet  ten  inches  to  130th 
street ;  thence  westerly  on  the 
southerly  side  of  130th  street, 
one  hundred  and  five  feet ; 
thence  southerly  in  a  line  paral- 
lel to  the  Fourth  Avenue  one 
hundred  and  ninety-nine  feet 
ten  inches  to  129th  street  ; 
thence  easterly  on  the  north- 
erly side  of  129th  street,  one 
hundred  and  five  feet  to  the 
place  of  beginning. 


Reconveyance  of  eight  lots 
at  Harlem,  on  the  westerly  side 
of  the  Fourth  Avenue,  between 
129th  and  130th  streets,  being 
one  hundred  and  five  feet  deep. 


The  salt  marsh  or  meadows 
and  land  covered  with  water, 
situate  easterly  and  immediate- 
ly in  front  of  a  tract  of  up- 
land, this    day    conveyed  by 
the  party  of  the  first  part  to 
the  party  of  the  second  party 
in  the  Twelfth  Ward  of  the 
city  of  New  York,  on  the  eas- 
terly side  of  the  Third  Avenue, 
between    Ninety-second  and 
Ninety-fourth  streets,  and  which 
piece  of  marsh  or  meadow  is 
bounded  westerly  by  the  said 
piece  of  upland    above  men- 
tioned, easterly  by  low  water 
mark  of  East  River  or  passage 
of  water  between   Hell  Gate 
and  Harlem  ;  northerly  by  the 
marsh  belonging  in  part  to  An- 
drew McGown,  and  in  part  to 
others ;  and  southerly  by  the 
marsh  now  or  lately  belonging 
to  Rhinelander. 


LIST   OF   CONVEYANCES   MADE   TO  CHARLES   HENRY  HALL. 


Page 


259 


Grantors. 

Daniel  P. 
Ingraham. 


71 


175 


Date  of  deed  When  nek 
nowledged. 


1834, 
April  16. 


1834, 
April  16. 


Samson  Ben- 
son McGown 
and  Wife. 


JohnR.  Peters 
and  Wife, 
Obadiah 
Holmes  and 
Wife,  and 
Russel  Steb- 
bins  and  Wife. 


1834, 
June  14. 


When  re- 
corded. 


1834, 
June  17. 


1834, 
June  17. 


1834, 
May  1. 


1834, 
Dec.  1. 


1834, 
June  20. 


1834, 
Dec.  3. 


Description  of  premises. 


Piece  of  land  in  the  Twelfth 
Ward  of  the  city  of  New  York, 
at  or  near  a  place  formerly 
called  Horn's  Hook,  being  for- 
merly part  of  the  farm  of  Wil- 
liam Waldron  deceased,  and 
beginning  at  the  southerly  cor- 
ner of  Ninety-second  street  and 
the  Third  -Avenue,  running 
thence  north-easterly  along  the 
said  Third  Avenue  about  three 
hundred  and  forty-two  feet  six 
inches,  until  it  meets  the  land 
now  or  late  belonging  to  the 
heirs  of  Abraham  Duryea  de- 
ceased ;  thence  easterly  along 
the  land  of  the  heirs  of  said 
Duryea  deceased  about  four 
hundred  and  thirty-six  feet  six 
inches  to  the  shore  of  the  East 
River ;  thence  along  the  said 
shore,  as  it  runs  in  a  south- 
westerly direction,  unto  the 
land  formerly  belonging  to 
Xavier  Gautis,  now  the  pro- 
perty of  John  Wood  ;  thence 
westerly  along  the  land  of  the 
said  John  Wood  about  four  hun- 
dred and  thirty-five  feet  to  the 
southerly  line  of  Ninety-second 
street ;  thence  along  the  same 
westerly  to  the  place  of  be- 
ginning. Subject  to  a  mort- 
gage to  Margaret  Hunt  for 
$1,000. 


Marsh  or  meadow  in  the 
Twelfth  Ward  of  the  city  of 
New  York,  bounded  west  by 
the  Third  Avenue  ;  north  by 
103d  street ;  south  by  the  mid- 
dle of  Ninety-ninth  street  and 
by  Harlem  River,  being  four- 
teen blocks  and  parts  of  blocks, 
as  laid  out  on  the  map  of  the 
county  of  New  York,  and  be- 
ing the  same  property  as  con- 
veyed by  Margaret  McGown  to 
the  said  Samson  Benson  Mc- 
Gown, bv  deed  dated  1st  Janu- 
ary, 1834. 


That  part  of  126th  street,  ex- 
tending from  the  easterly  side 
of  the  Eighth  Avenue  to  three 
hundred  and  fifty  feet  east  of 
the  Eighth  Avenue. 


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Lib. 


319 


Page. 


319 


623 


333 


495 


Grantors. 

Thomas  E 
Davis 
and  Wife. 


Stephen  Holt 
to  Charles 
Henry  Hall, 

Erert  A. 
Bancker  and 
John  W.  Bur- 
ges. 

Edward 
Sandford. 


Date  of  deed 

1833, 
June ] . 


1834, 


1835, 
July  15. 


When  ack 
nowledged. 

1834, 
Oct.  16. 


1834, 
Nov.  29. 


1835, 
Aug.  13. 


When  re- 
corded. 

1834, 
Oct.  17. 


1834, 
Nov.  29. 


1835, 
Aug.  18. 


Description  of  premises. 

House  and  lot  on  the  north- 
erly side  of  Eighth  street,  be- 
tween the  Second  and  Third 
Avenues,  No.  15  on  a  map  by 
Edwin  Smith,  known  as  No.  10 
St.  Mark's  Place.  Subject  to 
two  mortgages  ;  one  from  John 
T.  }  inckney  and  wife  to  Tho- 
mas E.  Davis  for  $9,000,  and 
assigned  by  said  Davis  to  Mag- 
dalen Hosack  and  others,  guar- 
dians, &c.  on  which  there  is 
now  due  $8,000  for  principal ; 
the  other  made  by  Thomas  E. 
Davis  to  Magdalen  Hosack  and 
others,    guardians,     &c ,  for 

Si,ooo. 


Holt's  Hotel,  lot  and  build- 
ings, &c,  on  Pearl,  Water  and 
Fulton  streets.  Trust  deed  to 
let  or  sell  and  pay  creditors. 


Lots  of  ground  in  the  Twelfth 
Ward  of  the  city  of  New  York, 
known  and  distinguished  on  a 
map  of  valuable  property  be- 
longing to  Edward  Sandford, 
Esq.,  compiled  January  30th, 
1835,  by  Joseph  F.  Bridges, 
City  Surveyor,  by  the  numbers 
379  to  398,  both  inclusive  ;  365 
to  374.  both  inclusive  ;  475  to 
484,  both  inclusive  ;  521  to  532, 
both  inclusive  :  541  to  550,  both 
inclusive  ;  583  to  592,  both  in- 
clusive ;  749  to  756,  both  in- 
clusive ;  757  to  818,  both  inclu- 
sive :  839  to  866,  both  inclusive  ; 
887  to  890,  both  inclusive  ;  901 
to  910,  both  inclusive  ;  925  to 
934,  both  inclusive  ;  939  to  968, 
both  inclusive  ;  969  to  980,  both 
inclusive  ;  which  said  lots  lie  on 
Avenue  A,  on  First,  Second 
and  Third  Avenues,  and  103d, 
104th,  105th  and  106th  streets, 
together  with  the  right,  title  and 
interest  of  party  of  the  first  part 
to  the  land  forming  the  streets 
and  avenues  in  front  of  said 
lots. 


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339 


LIST  OP  CONVEYANCES  MADE  TO  CHARLES  HENRY  HALL. 

Page.  '   Grantors.      Date  of  deed  When   ack-    When  re-  I  Description  of  premises, 

nowledged.  corded. 


16S 


339 


609 


Jonathan 
Prescott  Hall 
and  Wife. 


1835, 
May  28. 


1835, 
June  24 


John  C. 
Morrison 
and  Wife. 


339 


617 


1835, 
Sept  4. 


183/ 
Oct.  16 


Edward 
Sandford. 


339 


618 


Edward 
Sandford. 


1835, 
Oct.  10. 


1835, 
Oct.  16. 


1835, 
Oct.  10. 


1835, 
Oct.  16. 


1835, 
June  29. 


1835, 
Oct.  17. 


1835, 
Oct.  1' 


1835, 
Oct.  17. 


Six  lots  at  Harlem,  on  the 
corner  of  Fifth  Avenue  and 
129th  street.  Lots  855,  856, 
857,  858,  859  and  860,  being 
parcel  No.  82  on  Harlem  map. 
Being  the  same  premises  con- 
veyed by  Charles  Henry  Hall 
to  William  Wintcrton,  27th 
November,  1837. 

Thirty  lots  in  the  Twelfth 
Ward  of  the  city  of  New  York, 
known  and  distinguished  on  a 
map  of  valuable  property  be- 
longing to  Edward  Sandford, 
Esq.,  compiled  January  30th, 
1835,  by  J.  F.  Bridges,  City 
Surveyor,  by  the  numbers  819 
to  838,  both  inclusive,  and  867 
to  876,  both  inclusive,  on  First 
Avenue  and  104th  and  105th 
streets,  together  with  half  of 
avenues  and  streets  in  front  of 
said  lots.  Subject  to  three 
mortgages  by  John  C.  Morrison 
to  Edward  Sandford,  July  15th, 
1835,  in  the  whole  for  $3,000. 

Marsh  or  low  land  at  Har- 
lem, bounded  westerly  by  the 
Third  Avenue  ;  easterly  by 
Harlem  River  ;  northerly  on 
one  side,  by  a  line  drawn 
through  the  centre  of  Ninety- 
ninth  street,  as  laid  down  on 
the  commissioner's  map  of  the 
city  of  New  York  ;  and  south- 
erly by  upland  this  day  con- 
veyed by  the  party  hereto  of 
the  first  part  to  the  said  party 
hereto  of  the  second  part,  and 
partly  by  the  marsh  or  low- 
land formerly  belonging  to  the 
estate  of  Abraham  Duryee  de- 
ceased. 

Tract  of  land  at  Harlem. 
Bounded  westerly  by  the  Third 
Avenue  ;  northerly  and  easterly 
by  the  marsh  and  lowland  this 
day  conveyed  by  the  party 
hereto  of  the  first  part  to  the 
party  hereto  of  the  second  part  ; 
and  southerly  by  land  lately  be- 
longing to  the  estate  of  Abra- 
ham Duryee  deceased.  Sub- 
ject to  a  mortgage  from  Ed- 
ward Sandford  to  Margaret  Mc- 
Gown  for  $4,000. 


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LIST  OF  CONVEYANCES  MADE  TO  CHARLES  HENRY  HALL. 


Lib.  Page 


340 


95 


Grantors. 


Date  of  deed 

When  ack- 

When re- 

nowledged. 

corded. 

1835, 

1835, 

1835, 

May  1. 

May  18. 

June  15. 

Description  of  premises. 


Peter  Myer  1835,  1835,  1835,  Lund  in  the  Twelfth  Ward  of 
and  Wife.  May  1.  May  18.  June  15.  the  city  of  New  York,  distin- 
guished on  a  map  of  land  be- 
longing to  Peter  and  John  Myer, 
made  by  Samuel  S.  Doughty, 
City  Surveyor,  March,  1835,  by 
the  letter  B.  Beginning  at  a 
point  in  the  westerly  line  of  the 
Sixth  Avenue,  where  the  boundary  line  between  the  land  hereby  conveyed  and  land  of 
Charles  Henry  Hall  strikes  the  same,  and  running  thence  along  the  westerly  line  of  the  Sixth 
Avenue  north  thirty-three  degrees  thirty  minutes  east,  four  chains  and  seventy-three  links  ; 
thence  north  eighty-six  degrees  fifty-five  minutes  east,  eleven  chains  and  ninety-seven 
links  to  the  centre  of  a  creek  ;  thence  partly  along  the  centre  of  said  creek  south  one  de- 
gree thirty-three  minutes  west,  three  chains  and  ninety-seven  links  ;  thence  south  eighty- 
seven  degrees  fifty  minutes  west,  three  chains;  thence  south  eighty-six  degrees  thirty  min- 
utes west,  four  chains  ;  thence  south  eighty-seven  degrees  west,  seven  chains  and  forty-two 
links  to  the  place  of  beginning,  be  the  said  dimensions  more  or  less;  containing  five  acres 
and  seven  perches  more  or  less.  Also,  that  other  piece  of  land,  distinguished  on  said  map 
by  the  letter  C,  beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  aforesaid  creek  and  of  a  small  ditch  at 
a  point  marked  on  said  map  ;  thence  north  eleven  degrees  and  twenty  minutes  west,  along 
the  centre  of  said  creek,  seventy-four  links ;  thence  along  the  centre  of  said  creek  north 
fourteen  degrees  forty  minutes  east,  twenty-six  links  ;  thence  north  seventeen  degrees  west, 
one  chain  and  eight  links,  still  along  the  centre  of  said  creek  ;  thence  further  along  the  cen- 
tre of  said  creek  north  one  degree  fifty  minutes  east,  seventy-two  links  to  a  ditch  ;  thence 
along  said  last  mentioned  ditch  north  eighty-one  degrees  fifty  minutes  east,  two  chains 
seventy-seven  links  ;  thence  south  five  degrees  thirty-five  minutes  east,  three  chains  forty- 
three  links  to  another  ditch  ;  thence  along  said  last  mentioned  ditch,  north  eighty-two  de- 
grees twenty  minutes  west,  two  chains  and  sixty-nine  links  to  the  place  of  beginning, 
be  the  said  several  dimensions  more  or  less  ;  containing  three  roods  and  eleven  perches 
more  or  less.  Also,  that  other  piece  of  land  in  the  Twelfth  Ward  of  the  city  of  New 
York,  distinguished  upon  the  map  above  referred  to  by  the  letter  D.  Beginning  at  a 
point  on  said  map  where  two  ditches  meet ;  thence  along  one  of  said  ditches  north  seven 
degrees  forty  minutes  west,  one  chain  and  sixty-eight  links  ;  thence  north  eighty-five  de- 
grees thirty-seven  minutes  east,  three  chains  and  fifty-nine  links  ;  thence  south  eleven  de- 
grees fifty  minutes  east,  ninety-six  links  ;  thence  south  four  degrees  east,  thirty  minutes  ; 
thence  along  an  island  in  the  salt  meadow,  following  the  boundaries  of  such  island,  south 
thirty-six  degrees  fifty-five  minutes  east,  twenty  links :  thence  along  said  island  north 
seventy-three  degrees  forty-five  minutes  east,  sixty-three  links  ;  thence  north  eight  degrees 
fifteen  minutes  east  twenty  links  ;  thence  north  forty-six  degrees  six  minutes  west  thirty 
links;  thence  north  eighteen  degrees  eight  minutes  west,  thirty-four  links;  thence  north 
twenty-five  degrees  seven  minutes  east,  fifty  links  ;  thence  north  twenty-nine  degrees  fifty- 
five  minutes  east,  one  chain  ;  thence  north  sixty-two  degrees  east  one  chain  and  sixty-six 
links  ;  thence  south  three  degrees  and  forty-five  minutes  west,  one  chain  and  fourteen  links  ; 
thence  south  three  degrees  east,  fifty-three  links  ;  thence  south  twenty-two  degrees  west, 
fifty-one  links  ;  thence  south  thirty-three  degrees  fifteen  minutes  west,  one  chain  and  fifty- 
seven  links  ;  thence  north  eighty-eight  degrees  twenty  minutes  west,  four  chains  and 
seventy-two  links  to  the  place  of  beginning,  be  the  said  several  dimensions  more  or  less, 
containing  one  acre  and  fifteen  perches  more  or  less,  together  with  all  (he  right,  title  and 
interest  of  the  parties  of  the  first  part  of,  in  and  to  all  the  land  lying  between  the  Sixth 
Avenue  and  Harlem  River  and  property  of  the  said  Charles  Henry  Hall. 


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LIST  OF  CONVEYANCES   MADE   TO   CHARLES   HENRY   II ALL. 


Lib*  {Page. 


340 


Grantors. 


John  Myer 
and  "Wife- 


Date  of  deed  When  ack 
«o\vJed»ed. 


1835, 
May  1. 


lt<35, 
May  22. 


When  re- 
corded. 


1835, 
June  15. 


Description  of  premises. 


Land  in  the  Twelfth  Ward 
of  the  city  of  New  York,  dis- 
tinguished   on  a  map  of  land 
belonging  to  Peter  and  John 
Myer,   made   by    Samuel  S. 
Doughty,  City  Surveyor,  March, 
1835,  by  the'  letter  A,  bounded 
and  described  as  follows  :  be- 
ginning on  the  westerly  side  of 
the  Sixth  Avenue  and  running 
along   the  same  north  thirty- 
three   degrees    thirty  minutes 
east,  five  chains  and  ninety-one 
links  ;  thence  north  eighty-five 
degrees  forty-five  minutes  east, 
four  chains  and  twenty-seven 
links  ;  thence  north  eighty-four 
degrees  six  minutes  east,  one 
chain  and  forty  links ;  thence 
south  four  degrees  fifty  minutes 
east,  thirty-five  links  to  a  ditch  ; 
thence  along  the  centre  of  said 
ditch  north  eighty-three  degrees 
twenty-five  minutes  east,  two 
chains  and  fifty  links  to  a  creek  ; 
thence  along  the  centre  of  said 
creek   south   one   degree  five 
minutes  west,  seventy-two  links ; 
thence  along  the  said  centre  of 
said  creek  south  seventeen  de- 
grees east,  one  chain  and  eight 
links  ;  thence  along  said  centre 
of  said  creek  south  fourteen  de- 
grees forty  minutes  west,  twenty 
links  ;  thence  further  along  the 
said  centre  of  said  creek,  south 
eleven  degrees  twenty  minutes 
east  seventy-four  links  ;  thence 
further  along  the  centre  of  said 
creek,  south  three  degrees  east, 
one  chain    ninety-five   links  ; 
thence  south  eighty-six  degrees 
fifty  minutes  west,  eleven  chains 
and  ninety-seven  links  to  the 
place  of  beginning,  be  the  said 
several  dimensions  respectively 
more  or  less,  containing  four 
acres    three    roods  and  seven 
perches  more  or  less.  Also, 
that  other  piece  of  land  on  said 
map  marked  E,  beginning  at  a 
point  marked  on  the  said  map 
as  a  point  where  two  ditches 
meet,  thence  south  eighty-eight 
degrees  twenty  minutes  east, 
four  chains   and  seventy-two 
links ;   thence    south  twenty- 
seven  degrees  fifty-five  minutes 
west,  three  chains  and  sixty-two 


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LIST  OF  CONVEYANCES  MADE  TO   CHARLES    HENRY  HALL. 


Lib.  Page, 


Grantors. 


341 


101 


David  P.  Hall 
and  Wife. 


Date  of  deed  When   ack-   When  re- 
nowledced.  corded. 


1835, 
July  1. 


1835, 
July  10 


1335, 
July  16. 


Description  of  premises. 

links  ;  thence  south  forty-one 
degrees  thirty  minutes  west, 
thirty  links  ;  thence  north 
eighty-three  degrees  thirty  min- 
utes west,  thirty-nine  links  ; 
thence  south  thirty-seven  de- 
grees thirty-five  minutes  west, 
fifty-three  links  ;  thence  south 
sixty-two  degrees  west,  one 
chain  ;  thence  north  fifty  de- 
grees thirty  minutes  west,  thirty- 
one  links  ;  thence  north  thirty- 
five  degrees  forty  minutes  west, 
one  chain  :  thence  north  five 
degrees  thirty-five  minutes  west, 
three  chains  and  forty-three 
links  to  the  place  of  beginning, 
be  the  said  several  dimensions 
respectively  more  or  less,  con- 
taining one  acre  one  rood  and 
nineteen  perches  more  or  less, 
together  with  the  right,  title  and 
interest  of  the  parties  of  the 
first  part  to  all  the  land  lying 
between  the  Sixth  Avenue  and 
the  Harlem  River  and  the  pro- 
perty of  the  said  Charles  Henry 
Hall. 


Triangular  piece  of  land  at 
Harlem.  Beginning  at  a  point 
in  the  centre  of  the  block  be- 
tween 124th  and  125th  streets, 
and  the  Fourth  and  Fifth  Ave- 
nues, distant  eleven  feet  and  six 
inches  or  thereabouts  easterly 
from  the  easterly  side  of  the 
Fifth  Avenue,  and  running 
thence  easterly  and  parallel  to 
125th  street  eighty-eight  feet 
and  six  inches  or  thereabouts  ; 
thence  northerly  and  parallel  to 
the  Fifth  Avenue  fifty-seven 
feet  and  eleven  inches  or  there- 
abouts ;  thence  south-westerly 
along  lands  belonging  to  said 
party  of  the  second  part  one 
hundred  and  five  feet  or  there- 
abouts to  the  place  of  begin- 
ning, being  premises  colored 
brown  and  marked  C  on  map 
annexed. 


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Lib. 


34-4 


Tage 


242 


Gr.intors. 


Peter  Camp- 
beli  and  Wife. 


344 


313 


Date  of  deed  When   ack-   When  re- 
nowledged.  corded. 


Archibald 

Watt 
and  Wife. 


1835, 
Oct.  19. 


183;"), 
Oct.  29. 


1835, 
Oct.  19 


1835, 
Nov.  13. 


1835, 
Nov.  17. 


1835, 
Nov.  1 7 


Decsrintion  of  premises. 

Lots  numbers  867,  868  and 
869,  at  Harlem,  between  128th 
and  1 29th  streets  and  Fourth 
and  Fifth  Avenues.  Harlem 
map. 


Piece  of  ground  in  the  Twelfth 
Ward  of  the  city  of  New  York, 
bounded  as  follows :  commen- 
cing at  a  point  on  the  westerly- 
side  of  the  Sixth  Avenue,  north- 
erly from  the  north-westerly 
corner  of  138th  street  and  the 
Sixth  Avenue,  at  the  distance 
of  eleven  feet  therefrom,  and 
running  thence  along  the  wes- 
terly side  of  the  Sixth  Avenue 
northerly  two  hundred  and  sev- 
enty-five feet  and  ten  inches  ; 
thence  south  five  degrees  east, 
eighteen  feet  :  thence  north 
eighty-five  degrees  forty-five 
minutes  east,  one  hundred  and 
seventeen  feet  ;  thence  south 
seventy-eight  degrees  fifteen 
minutes  east,  thirty-six  feet ; 
thence  south  twenty-seven  de- 
grees fifteen  minutes  east,  one 
hundred  and  twenty  feet ;  thence 
south  fifteen  degrees  forty-five 
minutes  east,  forty-two  feet ; 
thence  south  two  degrees  thirty 
minutes  east,  thirty-seven  feet ; 
thence  south  eighty-six  degrees 
west,  three  hundred  and  seventy 
feet  to  the  place  of  beginning. 
Also,  that  other  piece  of  ground 
in  the  city  and  ward  aforesaid, 
between  the  Sixth  Avenue  and 
the  Harlem  River,  and  between 
140th  and  the  southerly  side  of 
138th  streets,  distinguished  by 
the  color  yellow,  on  a  map  an- 
nexed to  the  deed,  bounded  as  fol- 
lows :  commencing  at  the  Har- 
lem River  where  a  score  is  cut 
in  the  meadow,  and  running 
thence  along  said  score  north 
eighty-three  degrees  fifteen  mi- 
nutes west  to  a  creek  ;  thence 
south,  south-easterly  and  north- 
westerly along  said  creek  and 
Harlem  River  to  the  place  of 
beginning.  Said  Watt  or  his 
assigns,  owner  of  lands,  adjoin- 
ing lands  hereby  conveyed,  are 
not  to  be  assessed  when  the 
Sixth  Avenue  is  opened  for  any 


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Lib.  Pago. 


344 


353 


Grantors. 


James  Connei 
and  "Wife 


346 


272 


346 


542 


George  Claus 
and  Wife 


George  W 
Smith 
and  Wife. 


Date  of  deed 

When  nek- 

When  re- 

UVfl  KUgCU< 

corded. 

1835, 

1835, 

1835, 

Nov.  30. 

Dec.  15. 

Dec.  28. 

1830, 

1830, 

1836, 

Jan.  8. 

Jan.  8. 

Jan.  22. 

looO, 

1836, 

March  10. 

March  29. 

Apsil  27. 

Description  of  premise?. 


portion  of  the  premises  hereby 
conveyed,  in  consequence  of  its 
being  taken  for  the  opening  of 
said  avenue.  Subject  to  a  mort- 
gage to  John  Delancy  deceased 
for  $9,000,  which  is  to  be  finally 
paid  by  the  said  Archibald  Watt 
but  not  sooner  than  may  suit  his 
convenience. 


Thirty-two  lots  in  the  Twelfth 
Ward  of  the  city  of  New 
York,  known  and  distinguished 
on  a  map  of  valuable  property 
belonging  to  Edward  Sandford, 
compiled  January  30th,  1835, 
by  Joseph  F.  Bridges,  City  Sur- 
veyor, by  the  numbers  375, 
376,  377,  378,  399,  400,  401, 
402,  551  to  556  both  inclusive  ; 
577  to  582  both  inclusive  ; 
603  to  608  both  inclusive  ;  and 
629  to  634  both  inclusive  ; 
Second  Avenue,  and  103d  and 
104th  streets.  Also  the  land 
forming  the  streets  in  front  of 
said  lots.  Subject  to  a  mortgage 
to  Edward  Sandford. 


Reconveyance.  Six  lots  with 
the  buildings  thereon  at  Har- 
lem, between  131st  and  132d 
streets  and  the  Seventh  and 
Eighth  Avenues.  Lots  num- 
bers 30,  31,  32,  33,  34,  35, 
being  parcel  No.  7  on  Harlem 
map. 


Piece  of  ground  in  the  Twelfth 
Ward  of  the  city  of  New  York, 
bounded  as  follows  :  commen- 
cing at  a  point  on  the  easterly 
side  of  the  Third  Avenue,  fifty- 
one  feet  south  of  the  south- 
easterly corner  of  the  Third 
Avenue  and  94th  street ;  thence 


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Lib. 


Page. 


Grantors.  iDateofdeed 


When  ack 
nowledged. 


357 


346 


Phebe  Ann 
Hubbs  and 
Mary  Hubbs. 


1836, 
June  11. 


When  re- 
corded. 


1836, 
June  13. 


1836, 
June  16. 


Description  of  premises. 


running  southerly  along  the 
easterly  side  of  the  Third  Ave- 
nue one  hundred  and  twenty- 
nine  feet  to  the  southerly  boun- 
dary line  of  a  piece  of  land 
containing  six  acres,  conveyed 
to  Abraham  Duryer  by  Mari- 
nus  Willett,  sheriff,  &c,  29th 
March,  1787,  and  recorded  in 
the  office  of  the  Register  of 
the  city  and  county  of  New 
York,  in  liber  56  of  Convey- 
ances, page  155  ;  thence  eas- 
terly eighty-four  degrees  east, 
along  the  southerly  boundary 
of  the  said  six  acres  lot,  and 
along  lands  formerly  of  Wil- 
liam Waldron  and  Dirk  Lef- 
ferts  now  belonging  to  the  said 
C.  H.  Hall,  to  the  salt  meadow 
or  river,  the  said  line  being  in 
length  four  hundred  and  forty 
feet  more  or  less  ;  thence  north 
one  degree  east  along  the  said 
salt  meadow  or  river  to  land 
formerly  belonging  to  Benjamin 
Benson,  and  late  to  Sampson 
Benson  deceased,  the  said  line 
being  in  length  one  hundred 
and  seventeen  feet  more  or  less  ; 
thence  westerly  along  said  Ben- 
son's land  and  across  Ninety- 
fourth  street,  one  hundred  and 
eighty-four  feet ;  thence  north- 
westerly (or  nearly  so)  along 
said  Benson's  line  one  hundred 
and  eighty-eight  feet  to  the  place 
of  beginning  ;  together  with  the 
land  covered  with  water  or  not 
lying  between  the  eastern  boun- 
dary line  of  the  said  premises 
and  the  low  water  mark  of 
Harlem  River. 


Release  of  part  of  mortgaged 
premises.  Lots  at  Harlem  num- 
bered 864,  865,  866,  915,  916, 
917,  parcel  85,  between  128th 
and  129th  streets  and  between 
Fourth  and  Fifth  Avenues. 
Harlem  map. 


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Lib  .  Page 


362 


286 


Grantors. 

Date  of  deed 

When  ack-| 

nnwlprlrrpH 

!  Perkins 

1836, 

1836, 

Nichols. 

April  19. 

June  30. 

corded. 


1836, 
June  30. 


Description  of  premisee. 


Four  pieces  of  land  in  the 
Twelfth  Ward  of  the  city  of 
New  York,  betwTeenthe  twelfth 
and  thirteenth  mile  stones  on 
the  Kingsbridge  Road,  the  first 
of  said  pieces  containing  thir- 
teen acres  three  roods  and  four- 
teen perches,  being  the  same 
premises  which  Aaron  Post  and  wife  granted  and  conveyed  to  George  W.  Hall,  John  Bolton 
and  Curtis  Bolton,  13th  November,  1826  ;  the  second  of  said  pieces,  containing  four  acres 
two  roods  and  four  perches,  being  the  same  premises  which  Henry  Post  granted  and  con- 
veyed to  said  G.  W.  Hall,  J.  Bolton  and  C.  Bolton  by  deed  of  same  date  ;  the  third  of  said 
pieces,  containing  thirty-one  acres  three  roods  and  twenty-eight  perches,  being  the  same 
premises  which  the  said  Henry  Post  conveyed  to  the  same  persons  5lh  February,  1817  ; 
the  fourth  of  said  pieces  being  a  piece  of  salt  meadow  land,  bounded  westerly  and  southerly 
by  the  Kingsbridge  Road  ;  easterly  by  the  creek  ;  and  northerly  by  land  now  or  late  of  Ja- 
cob Hyatt,  and  formerly  of  John  and  Abraham  Kerson,  containing  five  acres  one  rood  and 
seven  perches,  be  the  contents  of  said  four  pieces  of  land  more  or  less.    Also,  all  the  estate, 
&c.,  of  the  party  of  the  first  part  of,  &c,  a  small  island  in  Harlem  River,  opposite  the  said 
land,  being  the  same  premises  which  Garret  Myer  and  others  conveyed  to  the  said  George 
W.  Hall,  John  Bolton  and  Curtis  Bolton,  28th  December,  1816,  as  the.  said  several  pieces 
were  conveyed  to  the  party  of  the  first  part  by  Thomas  Ludlow  Ogden,  20th  September, 
1825,  by  deed  recorded  in  liber  193  of  Conveyances,  page  456  ;  the  third  piece  of  land 
above  mentioned  being  subject  to  a  right  of  passage  way  reserved  to  Jacobus  Dyckman, 
his  heirs  and  assigns.    Also,  piece  of  salt  meadow  at  Kingsbridge,  bounded  as  follows,  viz. : 
Beginning  at  Spiten  Devil  Creek  and  running  south  twenty-three  degrees  west,  fifty-seven 
feet  to  the  upland  of  Jacob  Hyatt ;  north  seventy-three  degrees  west,  ninety-seven  feet ; 
south  eighty-one  degrees  fifteen  minutes  west,  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  north  seven  de- 
grees west,  one  hundred  and  sixteen  feet ;  north  thirty-two  degrees  and  thirty  minutes 
west,  one  hundred  and  thirty  feet  to  the  westermost  point  of  a  post :  thence  along  Spiten 
Devil  Creek,  south  sixty-seven  degrees  and  forty-five  minutes  east,  one  hundred  and  sixty- 
seven  feet  to  a  post ;  thence  south  fifty-nine  degrees  forty-five  minutes  east  two  hundred 
and  twenty  feet  to  the  place  of  beginning,  containing  three  roods  and  five  perches  of  ground. 
Also,  that  other  lot  of  salt  meadow  at  Kingsbridge,  bounded  as  follows,  viz  :  Beginning  at 
Spiten  Devil  Creek  at  the  eastermost  point  of  the  meadow,  and  running  thence  along  the 
upland  of  Jacob  Hyatt,  south  fifty-seven  degrees  and  thirty-nine  minutes  west,  one  hundred 
and  ninety-six  feet  to  the  land  of  Henry  Post ;  thence  along  said  Post's  land  forty-seven 
degrees  thirty  minutes  west,  one  hundred  and  eighty-five  feet  to  a  piece  of  salt  meadow  be- 
longing to  John  Warner  ;  thence  along  Warner's  line  north  twenty-six  degrees  west  eighty- 
one  feet  to  Spiten  Devil  Creek  ;  thence  along  said  creek  north  thirty-three  degrees  thirty 
minutes  east,  one  hundred  and  eighty-four  feet ;  thence  north  seventy-five  degrees  and 
twenty-five  minutes  east,  one  hundred  and  seven  feel ;  north  eighty  degrees  forty-five  min- 
utes east,  one  hundred  and  thirty-two  feet  to  the  place  of  beginning,  containing  three  roods 
and  one  perch  of  land.    Also,  that  other  piece  of  salt  meadow  bounded  as  follows  :  begin- 
ning at  the  Spiten  Devil  Creek,  adjoining  the  north-westerly  corner  bounds  of  land  be- 
longing to  the  estate  of  the  late  David  R.  Lambert,  and  the  north-westerly  corner  bounds  of 
the  land  of  the  said  Perkins  Nichols,  and  running  northerly  by  the  turnings  and  windings  of 
the  said  creek  and  adjoining  the  same  to  the  lands  of  the  said  Perkins  Nichols  ;  thence  turn- 
ing and  running  in  a  north-easterly  direction  adjoining  the  said  Perkins  Nichols'  land,  till  it 
strikes  the  land  of  the  said  Nichols  at  or  near  the  upland  ;  thence  turning  and  running  in  a 
southerly  direction  adjoining  the  land  of  the  said  Perkins  Nichols  to  the  place  of  beginning, 
containing  six  and  one-half  acres  of  land.    Also,  that  piece  of  land  bounding  on  said  road 
and  otherwise  bounding  on  land  belonging  to  the  said  Perkins  Nichols,  forming  a  small  gore 
or  triangle  of  land  near  the  canal  and  marble  quarry  of  the  said  Perkins  Nichols.  Also, 
that  piece  of  land  near  Kingsbridge,  west  of  and  bounding  on  the  Kingsbridge  Road,  and 
otherwise  bounding  on  land  of  said  Perkins  Nichols,  forming  a  small  wedge  or  gore  of  land 
near  the  canal  and  marble  quarry  of  the  said  Perkins  Nichols,  being  the  same  premises  con- 
veyed to  said  Nichols  by  Aaron  Post  and  wife,  15th  October,  1835. 


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LIST  OF  CONVEYANCES  MADE  TO  CHARLES  HENRY  HALL. 


Lib  Page. 


Grantors. 


Date  of  deed 


When  ack 
novvledged. 


VVlien  re  | 
corded. 


Description  of  premises. 


362 


496 


John  B.  Coles 


1836, 
July  19. 


1836, 
July  19. 


1836, 
Aug.  10. 


Three  triangular  pieces  of 
land  at  Harlem,  described  in  a 
map  annexed  to  deed  drawn  by 
J.  F.  Bridges,  City  Surveyor, 
6th  December,  1827,  by  the  let- 
ters O,  K  and  C,  and  shaded 
green  ;  and  bounded  as  follows, 
viz. :  The  first  parcel  marked 
O,  commencing  at  a  point  in 
the  centre  of  128th  street,  at 
the  distance  of  about  three  hun- 
dred and  sixty  feet  westward, 
from  the  intersection  of  128th 
street  with  the  Third  Ave- 
nue ;  thence  westward  about 
fifty-four  feet  ;  thence  north- 
westwardly   about    fifty  feet  ; 


and  Wife, 
Isaac  W. 
Coles  and 
Wife  and 
William  F. 
Coles  and 
Wife,  for 
themselves 


and  as  trustees 

of  Hannah, 
wife  of  Wil- 
liam Neilson, 
and  Eliza  F. 
wife  of  Tho- 
mas A.  Mor- 


ns. 


thence  north-eastwardly  about 
one  hundred  and  sixteen  feet ; 
thence  south  in  a  line  parallel 
with  the  Third  Avenue  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty-three  feet  or 
thereabout  to  the  place  of  be- 
ginning ;  the  second  piece  mark- 
ed K,  commencing  at  a  point  in 
the  centre  of  129th  street,  about 
two  hundred  and  ten  feet  west- 
ward from  the  Third  Avenue  ; 
thence  westward  about  fifty- 
three  feet  ;  thence  north-eas- 
terly about  eighty-three  feet ; 
thence  south  and  parallel  with 
the  Third  Avenue  about  seventy- 
three  feet  to  the  place  of  begin- 
ning ;  the  third  piece  marked 
C,  commencing  at  a  point  one 
hundred  and  thirty-five  feet 
west  from  the  west  side  of  the 
Third  Avenue,  and  ninety-nine 
feet  eleven  inches  northerly 
from  the  north  side  of  129th 
street ;  thence  westerly  thirty 
feet  or  thereabouts  ;  thence 
south  in  a  line  parallel  with 
the  Third  Avenue  thirty-eight 
feet  or  thereabout  to  the  place 
of  beginning.  The  object  of 
this  deed,  and  of  a  deed  given 
by  the  said  Charles  Henry 
Hall  and  wife  to  the  said  par- 
ties of  the  first  part  bearing 
even  date  herewith,  are  to 
square  the  lots  and  lines  on 
lands  adjoining. 


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Lib. 


362 


Page 


558 


363 


439 


Grantors. 


Margaret 
McGown. 


Peggy  Dyck 
man,  Jane  O. 
Dyckman  and 
John  H. 
Dyckman. 


Date  of  deed  When   ack-i  When  re- 
nowledged.  corded. 


1836, 
Aug.  26. 


1836, 
June  15. 


1836, 
Aug.  27. 


1836, 
Oct.  20. 


1836, 
Aug.  21 


1836, 
Nov.  23. 


Description  of  premises. 


Release  of  part  of  mortga- 
ged premises.  Six  lots  at  Har- 
lem, bounded  northerly  by 
126th  street ;  southerly  by  125th 
street  ;  easterly  by  a  line  drawn 
parallel  to  the  Seventh  Avenue 
on  the  westerly  side  thereof, 
four  hundred  and  fifty  feet 
therefrom  ;  and  westerly  by  a 
line  drawn  parallel  to  the  said 
avenue  on  the  westerly  side 
thereof,  at  the  distance  of  five 
hundred  and  twenty-five  feet 
therefrom. 


Piece  of  land  on  the  south- 
easterly side  of  the  Post  Road 
leading  from  the  city  of  New 
York  to  Albany,  and  bounded 
as  follows :  Beginning  on  the 
south-easterly  side  of  the  said 
road,  at  the  division  line  be- 
tween the  land  of  the  parties 
of  the  first  part  and  the  land 
of  Aaron  Post  ;  thence  running 
along  the  said  division  line, 
south  forty-two  degrees  and  a 
quarter  east,  eleven  hundred 
and  eighty-four  feet  six  inches 
to  Harlem  River  ;  thence  run- 
ning along  the  said  river  south 
thirty  degrees  and  three-quar- 
ters west,  three  hundred  and 
thirteen  feet  to  a  stake  :  thence 
running  north  fifty-four  degrees 
forty  minutes  west,  two  hun- 
dred and  ninety-one  feet  four 
inches  ;  north  thirty-five  de- 
grees twenty  minutes  east,  fifty- 
nine  feet  four  inches ;  north 
fifty-four  degrees  forty  minutes 
west,  one  thousand  and  twenty- 
four  feet  ten  inches  to  the  said 
road  ;  thence  running  along  the 
said  road,  north  fifty  degrees 
thirty-five  minutes  east,  five 
hundred  and  twenty-eight  feet 
to  the  place  of  beginning  ;  con- 
taining eleven  37-100  acres, 
more  or  less.  The  conveyance 
is  upon  condition  that  no  part 
of  the  premises  be  used  or  ap- 
propriated as  a  public  or  private 
cemetery  or  burial  ground. 


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Lib.  Page, 


363  484 


364 


131 


Grantors. 

Thomas 
Gardner 
and  Wife. 


Benjamin  L. 
Benson. 


365 


130 


John  R.  Peters 
and  Wife, 
Ohadiah 
Holmes  and 
Wife,  and 
Russel  Steb- 
bins  and  Wife. 


365 


585 


1836, 
May  10- 


1836, 
May  25. 


Jeremiah 
Youmans. 


1836, 
June  1. 


1836, 
Nov.  24. 


When  ack- 

When re- 

nowledged. 

corded. 

1836, 

^36, 

Nov.  8. 

Dec,  16. 

1836, 

May  10. 

1836, 

1836. 

June  27. 

July  25. 

1836, 

1836, 

July  7,  13, 

Sept  6. 

and  19. 

1836, 

1836, 

Nov.  24. 

Nov.  26. 

Description  of  premises. 


One  equal  undivided  fifth  part 
of  six  acres  of  land  in  the 
Twelfth  Ward  of  the  city  of 
New  York,  on  the  easterly  side 
of  the  Third  Avenue,  bounded 
north  and  east  by  lands  now  or 
lately  belonging  to  Thomas 
Charles  Winthrop,  and  on  the 
southerly  side  by  lands  now  or 
lately  belonging  to  the  heirs  of 
the  late  Jacobus  Kip. 

Release  of  part  of  mortgaged 
premises.  Land  in  the  Twelfth 
Ward  of  the  city  of  New  York, 
bounded  northerly  by  130th 
street ;  southerly  by  129th  street ; 
easterly  by  the  centre  line  be- 
tween the  Fourth  and  Fifth  Av- 
enues ;  and  westerly  by  a  line 
drawn  parallel  to  the  Fifth  Av- 
enue, on  the  easterly  side  thereof 
at  the  distance  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty  feet  therefrom. 


Reconveyance  of  premises 
conveyed  through  mistake  by 
deed  from  Charles  Henry  Hall 
to  John  R.  Peters,  Obadiah 
Holmes  and  Russell  Stebbins,  2d 
December,  1833.  Lot  of  land 
in  the  Twelfth  Ward  of  the  city 
of  New  York  ;  commencing  at 
a  point  in  the  northerly  line  of 
126th  street,  three  hundred  and 
seventy-five  feet  easterly  from 
the  north-easterly  corner  of 
126th  street  and  Sixth  Avenue  ; 
running  thence  easterly  along 
said  northerly  line  ten  feet  ; 
thence  northerly  on  a  line  paral- 
lel to  the  easterly  line  of  the 
Sixth  Avenue  to  the  southerly 
line  of  127th  street  ;  thence 
westerly  along  said  southerly 
line  ten  feet  ;  thence  southerly 
on  a  line  parallel  to  said  easterly 
side  of  the  Sixth  Avenue  to  the 
northerly  line  of  126th  street, 
the  place  of  beginning. 

Release  of  part  of  mortga- 
ged premises.  Block  of  ground 
in  the  Twelfth  Ward  of  the  city 
of  New  York,  bounded  by  the 
Sixth  and  Seventh  Avenues, 
and  by  132d  and  133d  streets  to 
the  middle  of  said  streets  and 
avenues. 


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Page 


k26 


Grantors. 

Julia  Maria 
Lambert. 


Date  of  deed  When   ack-  When  re- 
nowledged.  corded. 


1836, 
May  5. 


1836 
Sept.  10 


1836, 
Sept.  10. 


Decsription  of  premises. 


That  tract  of  land  which,  by 
a  deed  of  26th  July,  1828,  re- 
corded in  Register's  Office,  city 
and  county  of  New  York,  in 
liber  239  of  Conveyances,  page 
247,  was  conveyed  to  the  said 
party  of  the  first  part  by  Henry 
P.  Jones,  Master  in  Chancery, 
described  as  follows,  to  wit :  tract 
of  land  in  the  Ninth,  now  Twelfth 
Ward  of  the  city  of  New  York, 
on  the  westerly  side  of  the  Post 
Road  leading  from  New  York  to 
Albany,  and  bounded  as  follows  : 
beginning  at  tbe  said  road,  at  a 
post  adjoining  the  land  formerly 
sold  by  Dennis  Post  to  Jacobus 
Dyckman ;  thence  running  along 
the  land  of  the  said  Dyckman, 
or  that  sold  as  aforesaid,  north 
fifty-four  degrees  west,  twenty- 
two  chains  and  forty-three  links 
to  a  small  creek  running  into 
the  Spiten  Devil  Creek  ;  thence 
running  along  the  same  north 
sixty-six  and  one-half  degrees 
east,  one  chain  ;  north  eighteen 
degrees  west,  two  chains  ;  north 
one  degree  west,  two  chains  and 
seventy  links  to  the  said  Spiten 
Devil  Creek  ;   thence  running 
along  the  same  north  eighty-one 
degrees  east,  four  chains  and 
sixty-six  links  to  land  now  or 
lately  belonging  to  William  Og- 
den  and  John  R.  Murray  ;  thence 
running  along  the  same,  south 
forty-eight  degrees  four  minutes 
east,  twenty-three  chains  and 
sixty-eight  links  to  the  said  road  ; 
thence  along  the  said  road,  south 
forty-nine    degrees    west,  two 
chains  and  fifty  links ;  south  fifty- 
five  and  three-quarters  degrees 
west,  two  chains  and  sixty-four 
and  a  half  links  to  the  place  of 
beginning ;   containing  fifteen 
acres  one  rood  and  twenty-four 
perches  of  land  more  or  less. 
Also,  that  tract  of  land  in  the 
Twelfth  Ward  of  the  said  city, 
being  the  upper  or  north-eastern 
part  of  land  formerly  owned  by 
Jacobus    Dyckman,  lying  be- 
tween Kingsbridge    Road  and 
Spiten  Devil  Creek,  which  tract 
is  described  according  to  a  sur- 
vey and  map  made  24th  August, 
1804,  by  Charles    Loss,  City 
Surveyor,  as  follows:  beginning 
on  the  bank  of  the  Spiten  Devil 


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Lib.  Page.       Grantors.      Date  of  deed  When   ack-   When  re-  Description  of  premise*. 

nowk'dged.  corded. 


366 


4-7 


Benjamin  L 
Benson. 


1836, 
Dec.  14. 


1836, 
Dec.  2* 


1836, 
Dec.  30. 


t  the  upper  or  most 
or  north-eastern  part 


OirGek,  a 
nort  hern 
of  the  whole  tract  of  land  for- 
merly owned  by  Jacobus  Dyck- 
man,  and  on  the  boundary  line 
formerly  owned  by  Jacob  and 
William  Norgle  ;  thence  running 
along  said  boundary  line  south 
forty-three  degrees  east,  eight- 
een chains  and  thirty-nine  links 
to  the  Kingsbridge  Road  ;  thence 
along  said  road  south  forty-nine 
degrees  west,  five  chains  and 
two  links  to  a  stake  ;  thence  run- 
ning north    forty-nine  degrees 
and  twenty-minutes  west,  twen- 
ty-two chains  and  seventy-eight 
links  to  the  bank  of  Spiten  De- 
vil Creek  ;   thence  along  said 
creek  according  to  the  courses 
thereof,  twenty-eight  chains  and 
sixty-seven  links  to  the  place  of 
beginning  ;   containing  twelve 
acres  one  rood  and  twelve  per- 
ches.   Also,  that  certain  tract 
of  land  in  the  Twelfth  Ward  of 
the  city  of  New  York,  begin- 
ning on  the   westerly  side  of 
Kingsbridge  Road,  at  the  corner 
of  the  fence  forming  the  herein 
described  premises  and  land  now 
or  late    belonging  to  Jacobus 
Dyckman  ;  thence  running  wes- 
terly along  said  fence  as  the 
same   now  stands  to  a  small 
creek  putting  up  through  the  salt 
meadow  ;  thence  south-westerly 
along  said  creek  to  the  corner  of 
fence  which  separates  certain 
woodland  belonging  to  Dennis 
Post  from  the  herein  described 
premises  ;  thence  nearly  a  south- 
easterly direction  along  said  last 
mentioned  fence  to  the  Kings- 
bridge   Road   aforesaid  ;  and 
thence  north-easterly  along  the 
said  road  to  the  place  of  begin- 
ning ;  containing  twenty  acres 
by  estimation,  more  or  less. 

Release  of  part  of  mortgaged 
premises.  Block  of  land  in  the 
Twelfth  Ward  of  the  city  of 
New  York,  lying  between  131st 
and  132d  streets  and  Fourth 
and  Fifth  Avenues. 


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Lib. 


367 


Page 


500 


Grantors. 

Mary  Hall, 
and  John  Pye: 

Executor, 
&c.,  of  Wil- 
liam Hall. 


Date  of  deed 


1836, 
Dec.  8. 


When  ack-  When  re- 
nowledged.  corded. 


369 


514 


Aaron  Post 
and  Wife. 


1836, 
June  15. 


1836, 
Dec.  8. 


1836, 
Dec.  19. 


1836, 
Oct.  19. 


1837, 
Jan.  30. 


Description  of  premises. 


Release  of  part  of  mortgaged 
premises.  Forty-four  lots  in  the 
Twelfth  Ward  of  the  city  of 
New  York  ;  forty  of  which  lots 
lie  together  and  are  bounded  as 
follows,  beginning  on  the  north- 
easterly corner  of  the  Fourth 
avenue  and  130th  street ;  run- 
ning thence  along  the  easterly 
side  of  said  avenue  one  hundred 
and  ninety-nine  feet  ten  inches 
to  the  south-easterly  corner  of 
131st  street :  thence  easterly  a- 
long  the  southerly  side  of  131st 
street  510  feet ;  thence  south- 
westerly and  on  a  line  parallel 
with  the  Fourth  avenue  one 
hundred  and  ninety-nine  feet 
ten  inches  to  130th  street ; 
thence  westerly  along  130th 
street  to  the  place  of  beginning; 
the  other  four  lots  beginning  at 
a  point  distant  460  feet  easterly 
from  the  north-easterly  corner 
of  the  Fourth  avenue  and  129th 
street  on  the  northerly  side  of 
said  street ;  running  thence  eas- 
terly along  said  street  fifty  feet ; 
thence  north-easterly  on  a  line 
parallel  with  the  Fourth  avenue 
one  hundred  and  ninety-nine 
feet  ten  inches  to  the  southerly 
line  of  130th  street;  thence 
westerly  along  the  southerly 
line  of  130th  street  fifty  feet; 
thence  southerly  on  a  line  par- 
allel with  the  Fourth  avenue 
one  hundred  and  ninety-nine 
feet  ten  inches  to  the  place  of 
beginning ;  together  with  half 
the  streets  and  the  Fourth  ave- 
nue in  front  of  said  lots. 


Land  in  the  Twelfth  Ward  of 
the  city  of  New  York  on  the 
south-easterly  side  of  the  post- 
road  leading  from  New  York 
city  to  Albany,  bounded  as  fol- 
lows: beginning  at  a  stake  on 
the  south-easterly  side  of  the 
said  road  (distant  396  feet  from 
the  division  line  between  the 
land  of  the  said  Aaron  Post  and 
the  land  of  Peggy  Dyckman, 
Jane  O.  Dyckman  and  John  H. 
Dyckman,)     thence  runuing 


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Lib. 


Page. 


Grantors. 


Date  of  deed 


When  ack 
nowledged. 


When  re- 
corded. 


Description  of  premises. 


south  fifty-four  degrees  and  for- 
ty minutes  east,  seven  hundred 
feet  to  Haerlem  river ;  thence 
running  along  the  said  river 
south  thirty-six  degrees  and  one- 
quarter  west,  seventy-seven 
feet ;  north  nine  degrees  and 
three-quarters  west,  two  hun- 
dred and  thirty-six  feet  six  in- 
ches ;  south  sixteen  degrees  east, 
300  feet ;  south  three  degrees 
and  a  half  west,  seventy-three 
feet  nine  inches.;  south  fifty  de- 
grees west,  104  feet  to  the  said 
division  line  between  the  lands 
of  the  said  Aaron  Post  and  the 
land  of  the  said  Peggy  Dyck- 
man,  Jane  O.  Dyckman  and 
John  H.  Dyckman  ;  thence  run- 
ning along  the  said  division  line  ; 
north  forty-two  degrees  and  a 
quarter  west,  eleven  hundred 
and  eighty-four  feet  six  inches 
to  the  said  road  ;  thence  running 
along  the  said  road  north  fifty 
degrees  and  thirty-five  minutes 
east,  396  feet  to  the  said  stake 
the  place  of  beginning,  contain- 
ing 10  52-100  acres  more  or 
less.  No  part  of  premises  are  to 
be  used  or  appropriated  for  a 
public  or  private  cemetry  or  bu- 
rial ground. 


376 


28 


Harriet  W. 
Wiswall. 


1837, 


1837, 
March  28. 


1837, 
April  I, 


Lot  of  land  at  Harlem  bound- 
ed and  described  as  follows,  viz. : 
commencing  in  the  centre  of 
107th  street,  distant  110  feet 
easterly  of  the  Third  avenue  ; 
thence  easterly  through  the  cen- 
tre of  said  street,  200  feet ; 
thence  southerly  parallel  with 
the  Third  avenue,  one  hundred 
and  thirty  feet  eleven  inches  to 
the  centre  of  the  block  of  land 
lying  between  106th  and  107th 
streets  ;  thence  westerly  through 
the  centre  of  said  block  two 
hundred  feet ;  thence  northerly 
and  parallel  with  the  Third  ave- 
nue one  hundred  thirty  feet  ele- 
ven inches  to  the  centre  of  107th 
street  the  place  of  beginning. 
Also  that  other  lot  of  land  in 
the  Twelfth  Ward  of  the  city 
of  New  York,  bounded  and  de- 
scribed as  follows,  viz. :  com- 
mencing in  the  centre  of  107th 


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Lib. 


Page, 


Grantors. 


Date  of  deed 


When  ack 
nowledged. 


When  re- 
corded. 


Description  of  premises. 


street,  125  feet  easterly  of  tha 
Second  avenue  ;  thence  north- 
erly and  parallel  with  the  Se- 
cond avenue  105  feet  to  the  land 
of  Archibald  Watt ;  thence  eas- 
terly along  the  line  of  the  lands 
of  said  Watt  and  parallel  to 
107th  street  575  feet  to  the  cen- 
tre of  the  First  avenue  ;  thence 
northerly  along  the  centre  of  the 
said  First  avenue  two  hundred 
sixty-one  feet  ten  inches  to  the 
centre  of  108th  street ;  thence 
easterly  through  the  centre  of 
108th  street  to  the  Harlem  ri- 
ver ;  thence  southerly  along  said 
Harlem  river  to  the  centre  of 
107th  street;  thence  westerly 
through  the  centre  of  107th 
street  to  the  place  of  beginning, 
together  with  all  the  water  and 
lands  under  the  water  in  front 
thereof. 


378 


204 


381 


275 


Francis  Fick- 
ett  and  Wife. 


Daniel  P. 
Ingraham. 


1837, 
May  10. 


1837, 
Oct.  14. 


1837, 
May  1 1 


1837, 
Oct.  17. 


1837, 
May  18. 


1837, 
Oct.  19. 


Sixteen  lots  in  the  Twelfth 
Ward  of  the  city  of  New  York. 
Beginning  at  a  point  on  the 
north-east  side  of  130th  street, 
distant  310  feet  easterly  from 
the  Fifth  avenue ;  running 
thence  north-easterly  along  a 
line  parallel  to  the  Fifth  avenue 
to  131st  street;  thence  south- 
easterly along  131st  street,  200 
feet ;  thence  south-westerly  a- 
long  a  line  parallel  to  the  Fifth 
avenue  to  130th  street ;  and 
thence  north-westerly  along 
130th  street  to  the  place  of  be- 
ginning. 


Release  of  part  of  mortgaged 
premises;  Eight  lots  in  the 
Twelfth  Ward  of  the  city  of 
New  York  ;  bounded  as  follows, 
northerly  by  ninety-third  street, 
southerly  by  ninety-second 
street,  easterly  by  a  line  drawn 
parallel  to  Third  Avenue  on  the 
easterly  side  thereof  at  the  dis- 
tance of  100  feet  therefrom,  and 
westerly  by  the  Third  avenue. 


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•  I  Page. 


276 


Grantors. 

Margaret 
Hunt. 


Date  of  deed  VVIien  ack- 
nowledged. 


521 


John  Adri- 
ance. 


387 


114 


Francis 
Fickett. 


1837, 
Oct.  2. 


1838, 
Jan.  19. 


James  Hooker 
and  Wife. 


1838, 
April  27 


1837, 
Oct.  17. 


When  re- 
corded. 

1837, 
Oct.  19. 


1838, 
Jan  19. 


1838, 
April  27 


1828, 
Dec.  t 


1838, 
March  23. 


1838, 
May  18. 


1838, 
Aug.  22. 


1838, 
Aug.  25. 


Description  of  premises. 

Release  of  the  eight  lots  on 
east  side  of  Third  avenue  be- 
tween ninety-second  and  nine- 
ty-third streets  in  the  preceding 
conveyance  described,  from  a 
mortgage  made  by  Daniel  P. 
Ingraham  to  Margaret  Hunt. 


Release  of  part  of  mortgaged 
premises.  Land  in  the  Twelfth 
Ward  of  the  city  of  New  York 
bounded  west  by  the  Fifth  ave- 
nue, east  by  the  centre  line  be- 
tween the  Fourth  and  Fifth  ave- 
nues ;  north  by  134th  street ; 
and  south  by  133d  street. 


Release  of  part  of  premises 
mortgaged  to  Stephen  Kings- 
land,  by  him  assigned  to  Joseph 
G.  Russel  and  by  him  assigned 
to  Francis  Fickett.  Eight  lots 
at  Harlem  bounded  and  describ- 
ed as  follows,  viz. :  beginning  at 
a  point  on  the  northerly  side  of 
129th  street,  distant  one  hun- 
dred and  ten  feet  westerly  of 
the  Fourth  Avenue  (as  laid  out 
on  the  commissioner's  map,  and 
before  the  same  was  widened 
to  its  present  width) ;  thence 
northerly  and  parallel  to  the 
Fourth  Avenue  one  hundred 
and  ninety-nine  feet  ten  inches 
to  130th  street ;  thence  wes- 
terly along  said  street,  one 
hundred  feet ;  thence  southerly 
and  parallel  to  the  Fourth  Av- 
enue, one  hundred  and  ninety- 
nine  feet  and  ten  inches  to 
129th  street ;  thence  easterly 
along  said  street,  one  hundred 
feet  to  the  place  of  beginning. 


The  equal  undivided  half  part 
of  six  blocks  in  the  Eleventh 
Ward  of  the  city  of  New  York. 
First,  block  between  Second  and 
Third  Avenues  and  Sixth  and 
Seventh  streets  ;  Second,  block 
between  Second  and  Third 
Avenues  and  Seventh  and 
Eighth  streets;  Third,  block 


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Lib.  Page. 


390 


621 


Myndert  Van 
Schaick. 


391 


217 


391 


532 


Grantors. 


Date  of  deed 


Peter  Myer. 


1839, 
Jan.  25. 


1838, 
Oct.  22. 


When  ack- 
nowledged. 


1839, 
Jan.  29. 


Margaret 
Hunt. 


1839, 
Jan.  31. 


1838, 
Oct.  23. 


When  re- 
corded. 


1839, 
March  16. 


1839, 
Feb.  12. 


1838, 
Oct.  23. 


1839, 
Feb.  18. 


Decsription  of  premises. 

between  First  Avenue  and  Av- 
enue A  and  Tenth  and  Ele- 
venth streets ;  Fourth,  block 
between  First  Avenue  and  Av- 
enue A  and  Eleventh  and 
Twelfth  streets  ;  Fifth,  block 
between  Avenue  A  and  Ave- 
nue B  and  Tenth  and  Eleventh 
streets ;  Sixth,  block  between 
Avenue  A  and  Avenue  B  and 
Eleventh  and  Twelfth  streets. 


Release  of  part  of  mortga- 
ged premises.  Block  of  land 
bounded  westerly  by  the  Third 
Avenue  ;  northerly  by  104th 
street. ;  easterly  by  the  Second 
Avenue  :  and  southerly  by 
103d  street;  excepting  however 
from  the  said  block  of  ground, 
two  lots  situate  at  the  north- 
easterly corner  of  the  said  Third 
Avenue  and  103d  street,  sold 
to  Peter  Quin ;  said  two  lots 
fronting  on  the  Third  Avenue, 
and  being  each  twenty-five  feet 
two  inches  in  width  and  one 
hundred  feet  deep. 


Release  of  part  of  mortga- 
ged premises.  Triangular  piece 
of  ground  in  the  Twelfth  Ward 
of  the  city  of  New  York  ; 
bounded  northerly  by  137th 
street ;  westerly  by  the  Sixth 
Avenue  ;  and  southerly  by  land 
purchased  by  the  said  Charles 
Henry  Hall  of  Garret  Myer. 


Release  of  part  of  premises 
mortgaged  by  Daniel  P.  Ingra- 
ham  to  Margaret  Hunt.  Five 
lots  :  beginning  at  a  point  on 
the  northerly  side  of  Ninety- 
third  street  one  hundred  feet 
easterly  from  the  Third  Ave- 
nue ;  running  thence  easterly 


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Lib.  Page. 


391 


583 


393 


34 


Grantors. 


Daniel  P. 
Ingraham. 


Myndert  Van 
Schaick 
and  Wife. 


Date  of  deed  When  ack 
nowledged. 


1839, 
Feb.  6. 


1838, 
Nov.  28. 


1839, 
Feb.  8. 


1838, 
Dec.  5. 


When  re 
corded. 


1839, 
Feb.  18. 


1838, 
Dec.  12. 


Description  of  premises. 


one  hundred  and  twenty-five 
feet  ;  thence  northerly  parallel 
to  the  Third  Avenue  one  hun- 
dred feet  eight  and  a  half  inches 
to  a  point  equi-distant  from 
Ninety-third  and  Ninety-fourth 
streets  ;  thence  running  wes- 
terly on  a  line  equi  distant  from 
Ninety-third  and  Ninety -fourth 

I  streets,  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  feet ;  thence  southerly  on 

|  a  line  parallel  to  the  Third  Av- 
enue one  hundred  feet  eight 
and  a  half  inches  to  Ninety- 
third  street,  the  place  of  begin- 
ning. 


Release  of  part  of  mortga- 
ged premises.  Five  lots  in  the 
Twelfth  Ward  of  the  city  of 
New  York,  bounded  southerly 
by  Ninety-third  street ;  north- 
erly by  the  centre  line  between 
Ninety-third  and  Ninety-fourth 
streets  ;  westerly  by  a  line  par- 
allel to  the  Third  Avenue  on 
the  easterly  side  thereof,  and 
distant  one  hundred  feet  there- 
from ;  and  easterly  by  a  line 
parallel  to  the  Third  Avenue, 
on  the  easterly  side  thereof,  and 
distant  therefrom  two  hundred 
and  twenty-five  feet. 


Land  in  the  Twelfth  Ward 
of  the  city  of  New  York. 
Block  bounded  easterly  by  the 
Sixth  Avenue  ;  southerly  by 
132d  street ;  westerly  by  the 
Seventh  Avenue  ;  and  north- 
erly by  133d  street,  containing 
sixty-four  lots.  Also,  block 
bounded  westerly  by  the  Fourth 
Avenue ;  northerly  by  131st 
street ;  easterly  by  Harlem 
River  ;  and  southerly  by  130th 
street,  containing  forty-four  lots  ; 
together  with  the  rights  and 
privileges  of  the  parties  of  the 
first  part  to  the  water,  and  land 
covered  with  water  in  front  of 
said  block.  Also,  eighteen  lots 
bounded  easterly  by  the  Fifth 
Avenue  ;  northerly  by  129th 
streets  ;  southerly  by  128th 
street ;  and  westerly  by  a  line 


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Lib. 


Page. 


Grantors. 


Date  of  deed 


When  ack 
nowledgeU. 


394 


464 


399 


559 


John  Harris 
and  Wife. 


1839, 
Jan.  30. 


1839, 
March  26, 


Francis 
Nicholson. 


When  re- 
corded. 


1837, 
Oct.  1. 


407 


474 


Perkins 
Nichols. 


1837, 
Dec.  7. 


Description  of  premises. 


drawn  parallel  to  the  Fifth 
Avenue  at  the  distance  of  two 
hundred  and  thirty-five  feet 
therefrom  ;  numbered  558,  559, 
560,  561,  562,  563,  564,  565, 
566,  567,  568,  569,  570,  571, 
572,  573,  574  and  575,  being 
parcels  numbers  79,  80  and  81 
on  Harlem  map. 


1839,  Block  of  ground  at  Harlem, 
March  28.  bounded  northerly  by  the  centre 
of  101st  street,  as  laid  down  on 
the  commissioner's  map  of  the 
city  of  New  York ;  southerly 
by  the  centre  of  100th  street 
as  laid  down  on  said  map  ;  eas- 
terly by  the  Third  Avenue  ; 
and  westerly  by  the  Fourth 
Avenue.  Subject  to  the  pay- 
ment of  $7,000,  being  half  the 
amount  due  on  a  mortgage  from 
Edward  Sandford  to  Margaret 
McGown. 


1840, 
April  28. 


1840, 
May  19 


1839, 
Oct.  29. 


1840, 
Sept.  11. 


Four  lots  in  the  Twelfth 
Ward  of  the  city  of  New  York, 
bounded  as  follows  :  beginning 
at  a  point  on  the  northerly  side 
of  129th  street,  distant  four 
hundred  and  ten  feet  west  of 
the  Third  Avenue  ;  thence  run- 
ning westerly  along  129th  street 
fifty  feet ;  thence  northerly  in 
a  line  parallel  with  the  Third 
Avenue  to  the  southerly  side  of 
130th  street ;  thence  easterly 
along  said  130th  street  fifty 
feet ;  thence  southerly  in  a  line 
parallel  to  the  Third  Avenue  to 
129th  street  and  the  place  of  be- 
ginning. 


The  one  equal  undivided  half 
part  of  the  following  pieces  or 
parcels  of  ground,  to  wit  : 
those  four  pieces  of  land  in  the 
Twelfth  Ward  of  the  city  of 
New  York,  between  the  twelfth 
and  thirteenth  mile  stones,  on 
the  Kingsbridge  Road  ;  the  first 


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containing  thirteen  acres  three  roods  and  fourteen  perches  of  land,  and  being  the  same 
premises  which  Aaron  Post  and  wife  granted  and  conveyed  to  George  W.  Hall,  John  Bolton 
and  Curtis  Bolton,  13th  November,  1616.    The  second  of  said  pieces,  containing  four  acres 
two  roods  and  four  perches,  and  being  the  same  premises  which  Henry  Post  granted  and 
conveyed  to  the  above  named  George  W.  Hall,  John  Bolton  and  Curtis  Bolton,  by  deed  of 
the  same  date  ;  the  third  of  the  said  pieces  of  land,  containing  thirty-one  acres  three  roods 
and  twenty-eight  perches  of  land,  being  the  same  premises  which  the  said  Henry  Post 
granted  and  conveyed  to  the  same  persons  aforesaid,  5th  February,  1817  ;  the  fourth  of 
said  pieces  of  land,  being  a  piece  of  salt  meadow  land  situate  near  the  Kingsbridge  on 
the  east  side  of  said  road,  bounded  westerly  and  southerly  by  the  said  road  ;  easterly  by  the 
creek  ;  and  northerly  by  land  now  or  late  of  Jacob  Hyatt,  and  formerly  of  John  and  Abra- 
ham Kerson,  containing  five  acres  one  rood  and  seven  perches  of  land,  be  the  contents  of 
the  said  four  pieces  of  ground  more  or  less.    Also,  the  estate,  right,  title  and  interest  of  the 
party  of  the  first  part  of,  in  and  to  a  small  island  in  Harlem  River,  opposite  the  said  land, 
being  the  same  premises  which  Garret  Myers  and  others  conveyed  to  the  said  George  W. 
Hall,  John  Bolton  and  Curtis  Bolton,  by  deed  dated  28th  December,  A.  D.  1816,  as  the  said 
several  pieces  of  land  were  conveyed  to  the  party  hereto  of  the  first  part  by  Thomas  Ludlow 
Ogden,  20th  September,  1825  ;  by  deed  recorded  in  liber  193  of  Conveyances,  page  456,  14th 
October,  1825.    The  third  piece  of  land  above  mentioned,  being  subject  to  a  right  of  pass- 
age way,  reserved  to  Jacobus  Dyckman,  through  the  same  from  the  salt  meadow  of  said 
Dyckman  to  the  said  road.    Also,  that  piece  of  salt  meadow  at  Kingsbridge,  bounded  as 
follows,  viz. :  beginning  at  Spiten  Devil  Creek  and  running  south  twenty-three  degrees  west, 
fifty-seven  feet  to  the  upland  of  Jacob  Hyatt ;  north  seventy-three  degrees  west,  ninety- 
seven  feet ;  south  eighty-one  degrees  and  fifteen  minutes  west,  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet ; 
north  seven  degrees  west,  one  hundred  and  sixteen  feet ;  north  thirty-two  degrees  and  thirty 
minutes  west,  one  hundred  and  thirty  feet  to  the  westermost  point  of  a  post ;  thence  along 
Spiten  Devil  Creek  south  sixty-seven  degrees  and  forty-five  minutes  east,  one  hundred  and 
sixty-seven  feet  to  a  post  ;  thence  south  fifty-nine  degrees  forty-five  minutes  east,  two  hun- 
dred and  twenty  feet  to  the  place  of  beginning  ;  containing  three  roods  and  five  perches  of 
ground.    Also,  that  certain  other  lot  of  salt  meadow  at  Kingsbridge,  and  bounded  as  fol- 
lows, viz. :  beginning  at  Spiten  Devil  Creek,  at  the  eastermost  point  of  the  meadow,  and 
running  thence  along  the  upland  of  Jacob  Hyatt,  south  fifty-seven  degrees  thirty  minutes 
west,  one  hundred  and  ninety-six  feet  to  the  land  of  Henry  Post ;  thence  along  said  Post's 
land  forty-seven  degrees  thirty  minutes  west,  one  hundred  and  eighty-five  feet  to  a  piece  of 
salt  meadow  belonging  to  John  Warner  ;  thence  along  Warner's  line  north  twenty-six  de- 
grees west,  eighty-one  feet  to  Spiten  Devil  Creek  ;  thence  along  said  creek  north  thirty- 
three  degrees  thirty  minutes  east,  one  hundred  and  eighty-four  feet ;  thence  north  seventy- 
five  degrees  and  twenty -five  minutes  east,  one  hundred  and  seven  feet ;  north  eighty  de- 
grees forty-five  minutes  east,  one  hundred  and  thirty-two  feet  to  the  place  of  beginning, 
containing  three  roods  and  one  perch  of  land.    Also,  that  other  piece  of  salt  meadow  bound- 
ed as  follows  :  beginning  at  the  Spiten  Devil  Creek,  adjoining  the  north-westerly  corner 
bounds  of  land  belonging  to  the  estate  of  the  late  David  R.  Lambert,  and  the  north-westerly 
corner  bounds  of  the  land  of  the  said  Perkins  Nichols,  and  running  northerly  by  the  turnings 
and  windings  of  the  said  creek,  and  adjoining  the  same  to  the  land  of  the  said  Perkins  Ni- 
chols ;  thence  turning  and  running  in  a  north-easterly  direction,  adjoining  the  said  Perkins 
Nichols'  land  till  it  strikes  the  land  of  the  said  Nichols  at  or  near  the  upland  ;  thence  turn- 
ing and  running  in  a  southerly  direction,  adjoining  the  land  of  the  said  Perkins  Nichols  to 
the  place  of  beginning,  containing  six  and  one-half  acres  of  land.    Also,  that  other  piece 
of  land  bounding  on  said  road,  and  otherwise  bounding  on  land  belonging  to  the  said  Perkins 
Nichols,  forming  a  small  gore  or  triangle  of  land  near  the  canal  and  marble  quarry  of  the 
said  J  erkins  Nichols.    Also,  that  other  piece  of  land  near  Kingsbridge,  west  of  the  said 
Kingsbridge  Road,  bounding  on  said  road,  and  otherwise  bounding  on  land  of  said  Perkins 
Nichols,  forming  a  small  wedge  or  gore  of  land  near  the  canal  and  marble  quarry  of  the 
said  Perkins  Nichols,  being  the  same  premises  conveyed  to  the  said  Perkins  Nichols  by  Aaron 
Post  and  wife,  15th  October,  1835,  excepting  and  reserving  from  the  above  described  pieces 
or  parcels  of  ground  two  certain  lots  of  ground,  each  containing  twenty-five  feet  in  width 
in  front  and  rear,  and  one  hundred  feet  in  depth  on  each  side,  fronting  on  the  Kingsbridge 
Road,  and  being  the  same  two  lots  conveyed  to  Edward  Cromwell  19th  April,  1836,  being 
the  same  premises  as  were  conveyed  by  the  said  Charles  Henry  Hall  to  the  said  Perkins 
Nichols,  April  20th,  1836,  by  deed  recorded  in  liber  362  of  Conveyances,  page  403. 


ERRATA. 


Pago  27,  third  lino  from  bottom,  read  80,  instead  of"  84." 
Page  33,  line  twenty -five,  read  Gautio  instead  of  "  Gautis/' 

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